Errhine
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adjective.
Promoting or inducing nasal discharge.
noun.
A medication that promotes or induces such discharge.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In
medicine
, affecting the nose, or designed to be snuffed into the nose; occasioning discharges from the nose.
noun.
A medicine to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Causing an
increase
in
mucus
within the
nose
, and hence causing one to
sneeze
.
noun.
A
medicine
applied inside the nose to increase the production of
mucus
, and hence
sneezing
.
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adjective.
causing nasal discharge
Word Usage
"The dry leaves are powdered and used as an errhine, for the cure of headache."
Equivalent
causative
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
sternutatory