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Meaning of STERNUTATORY

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a chemical substance that causes sneezing and coughing and crying; "police used a sternutatory to subdue the mob"
  2. [adj]  causing sneezing; "pepper is a sternutatory substance"
  3. [adj]  tending to cause sneezing
 
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 Synonyms: causative, sternutative, sternutator
 
 See Also: chemical compound, compound

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ster*nu"ta*to*ry\, a.
Sternutative. -- n. A sternutatory substance or medicine.
 

 

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