emungente

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Italian

Participle

emungente (plural emungenti)

  1. present participle of emungere

Latin

Participle

ēmungente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of ēmungēns

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmungentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emunˈxente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: e‧mun‧gen‧te

Adjective

emungente m or f (masculine and feminine plural emungentes)

  1. that wipes the nose
  2. that blows the nose
  3. (by extension) that softens nasal mucus
  4. (by extension) that causes rhinorrhoea, a runny nose
  5. (of nasal mucus) flowing, discharging, rhinorrhoeic

Noun

emungente f (plural emungentes)

  1. rhinorrhoeal; agent that causes rhinorrhoea, a runny nose
  2. a substance or treatment that helps to soften dried nasal mucus and hard mucus in the nose, such as a saline nasal spray (see emunger)
  3. a substance or treatment that helps to soften some kinds of potential nidus that would eventually lead to the formation of a rhinolith (see emunger)