Errhine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  errhine
       adj : causing nasal discharge