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Definition of Errhine
1. Adjective. Causing nasal discharge.
Definition of Errhine
1. n. A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory.
Definition of Errhine
1. Adjective. (medicine rare) Causing an increase in mucus within the nose, and hence causing one to sneeze. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine uncommon) A medicine applied inside the nose to increase the production of mucus, and hence sneezing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Errhine
1. a substance that promotes nasal discharge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Errhine
Literary usage of Errhine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"Its use as an errhine in Amaurosis (gr. j-ij, with gr. x-xv of some inert powder),
once highly thought of, is now properly discarded. 2246. VF. ..."
2. The American Eclectic Materia Medica & Therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1898)
"It is employed as an errhine in chronic catarrhal affections, obstructions of
the various sinuses, neuralgic and rheumatic affections about the head, etc. ..."
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