sternutatory

From Latin sternūtātōrius, from sternuō (“sneeze”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɜːˈnjuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɝːˈnuː.təˌtɔːɹ.i/

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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

• (that causes sneezing): sternutative, errhine

sternutatory (plural sternutatories)

1. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator

• sternutative
• sternutator