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ptarmic (n.)
"substance which causes sneezing," 1680s, from noun use of Latin ptarmicus, from Greek ptarmikos "causing sneezing," from ptarmos "the sneeze, a sneezing," which probably is onomatopoeic. Another word for the same thing is sternutatory, from the Latin cognate sternuo.
updated on January 20, 2021
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