sternutatory
nounEtymology From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).
1
Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
- Related terms
- sternutative, sternutator
sternutatory
adjUK /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/ · US /stɝːˈnuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/
Etymology From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).
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 sneezing1800s, Francis Adams, transl., On Fistulae, translation of original by Hippocrates:
- Synonyms
- sternutative, errhine