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sternutation

[stur-nyuh-tey-shuh n]
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noun
  1. 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
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Historical Examples

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

    Dick Cheveley

    W. H. G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for sternutation

sternutation

noun
  1. a sneeze or the act of sneezing
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Word Origin

C16: from Late Latin sternūtāre to sneeze, from sternuere to sputter (of a light)
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sternutation in Medicine

sternutation

(stûr′nyə-tā′shən)
n.
  1. The act of sneezing.
  2. A sneeze.
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