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(now chiefly medicine) The act of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions)..
1861, James Yearsley, On Throat Deafness and the Pathological Connexions of the Throat, Nose, and Ear, London: John Churchill, 9th edition, Cases, p. 81, The proper treatment of such a case was immediately apparent; namely, the deobstruction of the nasal and Eustachian passages.
[…] in case, that they who had thus diverted and obstructed these Water-courses, were not able to repair them again; then to distrain all such to give assistance therein, as by such reducing them to their former Chanels, and deobstruction of those stops, should receive benefit and safeguard.
Use deobstruction when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deobstruction means (now chiefly medicine) The act of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions)..
Common synonyms include unblocking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1861, James Yearsley, On Throat Deafness and the Pathological Connexions of the Throat, Nose, and Ear, London: John Churchill, 9th edition, Cases, p. 81, The proper treatment of such a case was immediately apparent; namely, the deobstruction of the nasal and Eustachian passages.
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