errhine

[ er-ahyn, er-in ]

adjective

1. designed to be snuffed into the nose.
2. occasioning discharges from the nose.

noun

1. a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.

errhine

/ ˈɛrɪn; ˈɛraɪn /

adjective

1. causing nasal secretion

noun

1. an errhine drug or agent

Word History and Origins

Origin of errhine¹

1595–1605; < New Latin errhinum < Greek érrīnon

Word History and Origins

Origin of errhine¹

C17: from Greek errhinos, from en- ² + rhis nose

Example Sentences

Taken as snuff, tobacco is generally allowed to be a mild and inoffensive stimulant, which, indeed, in many cases, is prescribed as a most effectual errhine for clearing the nostrils and head.

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Euphorbium or cayan pepper mixed with sugar, and used with caution as an errhine.

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The dry leaves are powdered and used as an errhine, for the cure of headache.

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The powder of the leaves proves an agreeable errhine.

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Those of the wild plant are very bitter: dried, they are said to prove a gentle errhine; as also are the flowers.

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