Definitions for Obstructive
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructiveadjective

   preventing movement

   "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. obstructiveadjective

   Causing obstructions.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obstructiveadjective

   Hindering; causing impediment.

   Etymology: obstructif, Fr. from obstruct.

   Having thus separated this doctrine of God’s predetermining all events from three other things confounded with it, it will now be discernible how noxious and obstructive this doctrine is to the superstructing all good life. Henry Hammond.

2. Obstructivenoun

   Impediment; obstacle.

   The second obstructive is that of the fiduciary, that faith is the only instrument of his justification, and excludes good works from contributing any thing toward it. Henry Hammond.

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1. obstructive

   Obstructive refers to something that is causing a hindrance, blockage or difficulty, preventing progress, action or movement. It's often used in a medical context to describe conditions that cause blockages in the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obstructiveadjective

   tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment

2. Obstructivenoun

   an obstructive person or thing

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. obstrictif.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obstructive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Obstructive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Obstructive in a Sentence

1. Norbert Walter-Borjans:

   If the coalition partner then takes an obstructive approach for these new tasks then you have to make a decision that it cannot continue.

2. Donald Trump:

   Apart from whether the acts were obstructive, this evidence of non-corrupt motives weights heavily against any allegation that the president had a corrupt intent to obstruct the investigation.

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   The next two paragraphs say' not sufficient evidence' and' no obstructive conduct,' that's exoneration by Rod Rosenstein, the attorney general and the Office of Legal Counsel.

4. Marie Budev:

   Joyce Smith said. She had a second chance at life. She knew she had the second chance and she was lucky to have that. For much of her earlier life in Massachusetts, Mellady was hobbled by a mysterious lung condition. Then, in her late 30s, she tested positive foralpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder. The inherited condition predisposes people to lung conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the emphysema Mellady developed before her transplant. The condition is caused by a lack of a protein in the blood called alpha-1 antitrypsin, which protects the lungs from inflammation. When Melladys lungs were replaced in 2007, doctors at theCleveland Clinicsaid they were among the worst they had ever seen, functioning at 15 percent of capacity. Over the next 13 years, Mellady served as an inspiration for other patients about to undergo similar transplants, a source of support for their relatives and a wealth of information for doctors studying her condition. She ended up living more than twice as long on her new lungs as the average 6.3 years for lung transplant patients. Dr. Marie Budev, the medical director of Cleveland Clinics lung and heart-lung transplant program, oversaw Melladys care and said Marie Budev was the first person from the program who died of COVID-19 and second to test positive. In this December 2016 photo provided by Joyce Smith, Joanne Mellady and Joyce Smith dog Oscar sled down the driveway of Joyce Smith home in Washington, N.H. Mellady, who received a double lung transplant in 2007, died of the coronavirus on March 30, 2020. Joyce Smith was 67. That scared Budev because transplant recipients are seen as particularly vulnerable to the virus because of the drugs they take that suppress their immune systems, making them more susceptible to infections. Five other people who have had lungs transplanted by the clinic have been infected by the virus and one more has has died. Marie Budev said Melladys death was devastating because she had become a testament to the possibilities of how to live life to the fullest after receiving an organ transplant. Marie Budev knew this was a lease on life that Marie Budev had gotten, Marie Budev said. Mellady participated in several research projects in Boston related to Marie Budev condition and was active in groups looking for a cure for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and who supportedorgan donation. Marie Budev was just blooming with excitement to help others and help the field of medicine especially transplantation.

5. Bruce Neal:

   Patients with sleep apnea, who are often at increased cardiovascular risk, need rigorous management with other indicated therapies, such as blood pressure lowering, statins, and antithrombotic drugs, i think the most interesting finding of the meta-analysis is that the best estimate of the effect of obstructive sleep apnea treatment on risk of major adverse cardiovascular events is very similar to the reduction in risk seen with aspirin, beta-blockers, or statin medications.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Obstructive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obstructive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Obstructive
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Obstructive
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Obstructive