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sternutation

[ stur-nyuh-tey-shuhn ]
/ ˌstɜr nyəˈteɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act of sneezing.
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Origin of sternutation

1535–45; <Latin sternūtātiōn- (stem of sternūtātiō), equivalent to sternūtāt(us) (past participle of sternūtāre, frequentative of sternuere to sneeze) + -iōn--ion

Words nearby sternutation

sternovertebral, sternpost, stern sheets, sternson, sternum, sternutation, sternutator, sternutatory, sternward, sternwards, sternway
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Words related to sternutation

gesundheit

How to use sternutation in a sentence

  • At the first sternutation the rats jumped up and looked about them, evidently considerably alarmed.

    Dick Cheveley|W. H. G. Kingston

  • Would anyone believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?

    Madame Bovary|Gustave Flaubert

  • Would any one believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?

    Madame Bovary|Gustave Flaubert

British Dictionary definitions for sternutation

sternutation
/ (ˌstɜːnjʊˈteɪʃən) /
noun
a sneeze or the act of sneezing

Word Origin for sternutation

C16: from Late Latin sternūtāre to sneeze, from sternuere to sputter (of a light)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for sternutation

sternutation
[ stûr′nyə-tā′shən ]
n.
The act of sneezing.
A sneeze.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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