Errhine Definition

ĕrīn

adjective

Promoting or inducing nasal discharge.

American Heritage Medicine

(medicine, rare) Causing an increase in mucus within the nose, and hence causing one to sneeze.

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noun

A medication that promotes or induces such discharge.

American Heritage Medicine

(medicine, uncommon) A medicine applied inside the nose to increase the production of mucus, and hence sneezing.

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Other Word Forms of Errhine

Singular:

errhine

Plural:

errhines

New Latin errhīnum an errhine medicine from Greek errīnon en- in en–² rhīs rhīn- nose

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin errhÄ«num, from Ancient Greek ἔρρῖνον (errhinon), from ἐν (en, “in") + ῥίν (rhin, “nostril").

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