snuff (redirected from snuffing)

snuff (snf)

v.

To inhale something audibly through the nose; sniff.

n.

1. A preparation of finely pulverized tobacco that can be drawn up into the nostrils by inhaling.

2. A medicated powder inhaled through or blown into the nose.

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snuff,

a powder that is inhaled through the nostrils.

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snuff,

n See smokeless tobacco.

snuff dipper's lesion,

n a white or discolored lesion of the oral mucosa occurring at the site at which the powdered tobacco is retained. Malignant transformations are not common but do occur, usually as low-grade verrucous carcinomas.

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snuff

Substance abuse A smokeless tobacco consumed by snorting; snuff may be more dangerous than smoking 1 pack of cigarettes/day, and have 2-fold more carcinogens. See Smokeless tobacco, smoking.