errhine

2 definitions found

errhine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Errhine \Er"rhine\, n. [Gr. ?; ? in + ?, ?, nose: cf. F.
     errhin.] (Med.)
     A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote
     discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. --Coxe. -- a. Causing or
     increasing secretion of nasal mucus.
     [1913 Webster]

errhine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  errhine
      adj 1: causing nasal discharge