A preparation of powdered tobacco (often with other substances) for inhalation. Snuff is addictive because it contains nicotine; it also irritates the nasal lining and increases the risk of cancer of the nose and throat.
The traditional name applied to noisy breathing in children due to the constant presence of nasal discharge. (For treatment, see under NOSE, DISORDERS OF.)... snuffles
the triangular area on the most radial and distal aspect of the wrist overlying the *scaphoid bone and bounded by the extensor tendons of the thumb. It is often tender in injuries to the scaphoid (see scaphoid fracture).... anatomical snuffbox
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