errhine noun. ['ɛrʌɪn] Now rare or obsolete. E17.
[mod. Latin errhinum from Greek errinon, from en in + rhin-, rhis nostril.]
1. A medicinal preparation which induces sneezing when applied inside the nose. E17.

2. A pointed plug of lint steeped in such a substance for insertion in a nostril. E17-M18.

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