sternutatory
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /stɝːˈnuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/
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Adjective
editsternutatory (comparative more sternutatory, superlative most sternutatory)
- That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
- 1800s, Francis Adams, transl., On Fistulae, translation of original by Hippocrates:
- 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
Synonyms
edit- (that causes sneezing): sternutative, errhine
Noun
editsternutatory (plural sternutatories)
- Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator