Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of sneezing.
- noun A sneeze.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of sneezing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of sneezing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A
sneeze ;sneezing , especially as asymptom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Also called sternutation, sneezing is the body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose.
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Also called sternutation, sneezing is the body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose.
22 « October « 2007 « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007
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Also called sternutation, sneezing is the body’s way of removing an irritation from your nose.
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In a subway station at rush hour, according to British researchers, as many as 10 percent of all commuters can come in contact with the spray and residue from just one sneeze (or sternutation).
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That means as many as 150 commuters can be sickened by one uncovered sternutation.
Ben Sherwood: Swine Flu Smackdown: How to Avoid Infection (and a Fistfight) 2009
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Lateral sternutation is the kind of modest health reform all Americans ought to be able to get behind.
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They did the counting loudly, so as to be heard over the sound of my sternutation.
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Taggart added; and then I seemed to hear a sternutation, — as I probably did, for, recovering from a kind of swoon, I found myself shivering with cold.
Lavengro 2004
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Lower jaw constantly swelling, mouth ulcerated, and many other distressing symptoms that would be tedious to repeat; amongst which, however, I must mention one, because it had never failed to accompany any attempt to renounce opium — viz., violent sternutation.
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If she had not sneezed, she would have heard all, and so should I; but that unlucky sternutation routed Dr. John.
Villette 2003
TechnoMom commented on the word sternutation
According to another source it's "The act of sneezing or a sneeze."
February 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word sternutation
Technomom, are you a WWFTD fan? I think it was today's (or yesterday's) word. :-)
February 15, 2008