errhine

[ er-ahyn, er-in ]

adjective

designed to be snuffed into the nose.
occasioning discharges from the nose.

noun

a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.

Origin of errhine

1595–1605; <New Latin errhinum<Greek érrīnon

Words Nearby errhine

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How to use errhine in a sentence

It is now almost solely used as a sternutatory or errhine, and is probably one of the best.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
Euphorbium or cayan pepper mixed with sugar, and used with caution as an errhine.
Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus Darwin
It is also employed as a sedative and errhine, and in a vast number of other indications.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for errhine

errhine

/ (ˈɛraɪn, ˈɛrɪn) med obsolete /

adjective

causing nasal secretion

noun

an errhine drug or agent

Origin of errhine

C17: from Greek errhinos, from en- ² + rhis nose

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