different between sternutatory vs ptarmic

English

Etymology

From Latin stern?t?t?rius, from sternu? (“sneeze”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st???nju?.t??t???.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /st???nu?.t??t???.i/

Adjective

sternutatory (comparative more sternutatory, superlative most sternutatory)

1. That causes or induces sneezing; sternutative.
   • 1800s — Francis Adams (translator), On Fistulae by Hippocrates

     When the gut protrudes and will not remain in its place, scrape the finest and most compact silphium (assafoetida?) into small pieces and apply as a cataplasm, and apply a sternutatory medicine to the nose and provoke sneezing

Synonyms

• (that causes sneezing): sternutative, errhine

Noun

sternutatory (plural sternutatories)

1. Any substance that causes sneezing; a sternutator

Related terms

• sternutative
• sternutator

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)m?k

Noun

ptarmic (plural ptarmics)

1. A substance, such as pepper or snuff, that causes sneezing.

Synonyms

• sternutatory

Adjective

ptarmic (not comparable)

1. Relating to a substance that causes sneezing.

Synonyms

• sternutatory

Anagrams

• crampit