Meanings
comparative more sternutatory · superlative most sternutatory
- 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
1800s, Francis Adams, transl., On Fistulae, translation of original by HippocratesSynonyms: sternutative, errhine
plural sternutatories
- Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecausing sneezing
nouna chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying
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Origin
- Latinsternūtātōrius
- Englishsternutatory
From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).
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