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单词 sternutator
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Definition of sternutator in English:

sternutator

noun ˈstəːnjʊˌteɪtəˈstərnyəˌtādər
  • An agent that causes sneezing, especially one used in chemical warfare that causes irritation to the nose and eyes, pain in the chest, and nausea.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A solution has not yet been found for the disposal of explosives mixed with sternutators or irritants, e.g. TNT with adamsite, which can neither be disposed of through explosive demolition nor burned, but need careful separation of components.
    • The comparison of the analytical results with and without derivatization shows that the sternutators in the investigated samples are partly metabolized.
    • In the medical lore of Europe during the Middle Ages, pastes, emetics, purgatives, emmenagogues, sternutators, convulsants, clysters, physical maneuvers, and pessaries are mentioned.
    • The dried plant, reduced to a powder, is a sternutator, ideal for headaches and sinusitis.
    • Gases are classified by their principal effects as lachrymators (spelled lacrimators by the military), sternutators, vesicants, lung irritants, vomiting gases or systemic poisons.

Derivatives

  • sternutatory

  • adjective & noun stəːˈnjuːtət(ə)ri
    • From his theory of the action of the air through the nose on the contents of the ventricles of the brain is explained his use of sternutatories, and his belief in the efficacy of sneezing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although these authors were primarily concerned with the isolation and chemistry of the condensation products of malononitrile and various aldehydes, sternutatory and irritant properties on the part of some of the compounds were reported.
      • The whole plant is antiecchymotic, antiphlogistic, nervine, sternutatory and vulnerary.
      • In addition, the dispensing is carried out without generating any cloud of liquid particles which might be inhaled by the user, with a sternutatory effect.
      • Powders, however, often scatter resulting in uneven application and undesirable sternutatory effects.
 
 

Definition of sternutator in US English:

sternutator

nounˈstərnyəˌtādər
  • 1An agent that causes sneezing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The comparison of the analytical results with and without derivatization shows that the sternutators in the investigated samples are partly metabolized.
    • A solution has not yet been found for the disposal of explosives mixed with sternutators or irritants, e.g. TNT with adamsite, which can neither be disposed of through explosive demolition nor burned, but need careful separation of components.
    • In the medical lore of Europe during the Middle Ages, pastes, emetics, purgatives, emmenagogues, sternutators, convulsants, clysters, physical maneuvers, and pessaries are mentioned.
    • Gases are classified by their principal effects as lachrymators (spelled lacrimators by the military), sternutators, vesicants, lung irritants, vomiting gases or systemic poisons.
    • The dried plant, reduced to a powder, is a sternutator, ideal for headaches and sinusitis.
    1. 1.1 An agent used in chemical warfare that causes irritation to the nose and eyes, pain in the chest, and nausea.
 
 
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