nose drops
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of nose drops
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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In one remarkable study, 276 healthy volunteers were given nose drops containing a cold virus.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2023
In the unprecedented experiment, known as a human challenge trial, research subjects ages 18 to 29 were inoculated with nose drops containing a very low dose of an early strain of the pandemic coronavirus.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2022
And in an early, unrandomized preventive trial in a hospital in China’s Hubei province, none of 2415 medical workers who took daily interferon nose drops got the virus, according to a medRxiv preprint.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 8, 2020
First event of the show was nose drops.
From Time Magazine Archive
“And here are some nose drops, and I have plenty of Kleenex.”
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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