errhine
/er-ahyn, er-in/US // ˈɛr aɪn, ˈɛr ɪn //UK // (ˈɛraɪn, ˈɛrɪn) med obsolete //
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : designed to be snuffed into the nose.
- : occasioning discharges from the nose.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a medicine to be snuffed up the nostrils to promote sneezing and increased discharges.
Examples
It is now almost solely used as a sternutatory or errhine, and is probably one of the best.
Euphorbium or cayan pepper mixed with sugar, and used with caution as an errhine.
It is also employed as a sedative and errhine, and in a vast number of other indications.
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