sternutatory

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English

WOTD – 10 February 2008

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sternutatory (comparative more sternutatory, superlative most sternutatory)

  1. That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
    • 1800s — Francis Adams (translator), On Fistulae 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

Noun

sternutatory (plural sternutatories)

  1. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator
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