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Sternutatory

//stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.

    "When the gut protrudes and will not remain in its place, scrape the finest and most compact silphium (assafoetida?) into small pieces and apply as a cataplasm, and apply a sternutatory medicine to the nose and provoke sneezing"

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing sneezing wordnet
  2. 2
    tending to cause sneezing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
  2. 2
    a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).

Etymology 2

From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).

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