The enlarged womb presses upon the veins and thus obstructs the return flow of the blood.
A tube of the proper size is placed in the wind-pipe and allowed to remain there until the disease has lost its force and the membrane no longer obstructs the air passage.
Anything thatobstructs the full return of blood in the veins, as tight garters below the knee, etc.
Of food he held that whatsoever obstructs divination should be shunned.
At a meeting in Culpeper county, Virginia, it was "Resolved, That the importation of slaves obstructs the population with free white men and useful manufacturers.
The mule can scarcely find the misty ridge; In caverns dwells the dragon's olden brood, The frowning crag obstructs the raging flood.
How can ye enjoy the day, Which obstructs our rapture's tide?
An ante-mortem clot occurring in any of the cavities of the heart necessarily seriously obstructs the circulation, unless it be of small size.
It is therefore evident that a certain energy or vivacity of etherization is essential to the full success of this curious process, and that any thing which checks it, or obstructs its taking place, is injurious and to be avoided.
The gum has the inconvenience, however, of drying too speedily, and of also increasing too much the volume of the mordants; by both of which causes it obstructs their combination with the stuff, and the tints become thin or scratchy.
It is generally affirmed, that a thick metallic boiler obstructs the passage of the heat through it so much more than a thin one, as to make a considerable difference in their relative powers of evaporating liquids.
Great care ought to be taken that no metallic particles be left in the oxide, and that the calcining heat be as low as is barely sufficient; for a strong fire frits the powder, and obstructs its subsequent comminution.
So the impression produced by pricking the leg with a pin, which, before pain can be felt, must travel up the spinal cord to the brain, cannot reach the brain because the injury obstructs the path.
Nor thou Marvel, if before me no shadow fall, More than that in the sky element One ray obstructs not other.
It obstructs a trade from the port of one enemy to the port of another--from a French to a Dutch port, for example.
It obstructs a trade from one port to another, of the same enemy; 2d.
It obstructs a trade from one port to another of the same enemy--France for example.
It obstructs trade from the port of one enemy to the port of another; 3d.
It obstructs the direct trade of neutrals from their own country to any part of the coast from the Elbe to Brest--a coast not less than a thousand miles.
But if the owner of the land obstructs the way, a person entitled to use it may, without liability, enter upon and go over adjoining land of the same owner, provided he does no unnecessary damage.
I reply: Absolute property in land and tools hinders human activity, and obstructs progress and the free development of man.
He will demolish the partition, he will gnaw the side-wall fiercely, even though there be nothing left but wood, he will reduce everything around him to dust; but touch a cocoon that obstructs his way?
The newly-hatched Osmia, after perforating his partition, finds himself faced with an unbroken cocoon that obstructs the road.
The logical method of mathematics is also antagonistic to genius, for it does not satisfy but obstructs true insight, and presents merely a chain of conclusions in accordance with the principle of the ground of knowing.
Very little furniture should be in the room of a scarlet fever patient--the less the better--it only obstructs the circulation of the air, and harbours the scarlet fever poison.
Any one who obstructs or baffles a judicial investigation for that purpose, is unquestionably guilty of a crime, for which he may, and ought to be tried, convicted, and punished.
Petitioners and Abhorrers--North obstructs the right of petition, 207.
Or possibly the blood from a renal haemorrhage has descended into the bladder and obstructs the urethra.
While this invidious exigency obstructs the immediate manumission of the slave, it does not the less accelerate it in conformity thereto, but on the contrary, is a necessary preliminary to his efficacious emancipation.
Therefore, desist from thy effort for charity, which obstructs the way to Heaven, and rather apply thyself to restraint[46].
The wall proceeds from west to east, and consequently obstructs my path, and I cannot remove the débris from behind it without considerably widening my trench, which would be a gigantic piece of work between the enormous earthen walls.
This circumstance turns aside his scabbard and obstructs his right hand when attempting to draw his sword: the enemy crowd around him when [thus] embarrassed.
This scale obstructs the passage of the heat from the iron to the water, and if let get thick enough will cause the iron to rapidly burn out.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obstructs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
