sternutatory
[ster-noo-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -nyoo-]
- Also ster·nu·ta·tive. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
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- a sternutatory substance.
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Origin of sternutatory
1610–20; < Late Latin sternūtātōrius, equivalent to sternūtā(re) (see sternutation) + -tōrius -tory1
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It is now almost solely used as a sternutatory or errhine, and is probably one of the best.
The powder of the dried nuts was at one time prescribed as a sternutatory (to encourage sneezing) in the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia.
sternutatory
- causing or having the effect of sneezing
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- an agent or substance that causes sneezing
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sternutatory
(stûr-nyōō′tə-tôr′ē, -nōō′-)- Causing or producing sneezing.
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- A sternutatory substance, such as pepper.
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