|
|
Definition of Sternutation
1. Noun. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex, Symptom
Derivative terms: Sneeze, Sneezy, Sneeze
Definition of Sternutation
1. n. The act of sneezing.
Definition of Sternutation
1. Noun. (medicine) A sneeze; sneezing, especially as a symptom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sternutation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sternutation
Literary usage of Sternutation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... very careful upon what day of the week you allow yourself the luxury of
sternutation : Sneeze on a Tuesday, you kiss a stranger ; Sneeze on a Monday, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"sternutation. (See Sneezing.) STESICHORUS ; a Greek lyric poet, bom at Himera,
in Sicily, about BC 612. He composed a number of works, which were highly ..."
3. The Court of the Gentiles, Or, A Discourse Touching the Original of Human by Theophilus Gale (1677)
"... may take in that of sternutation ... And as sternutation was reputed omi- ...
More of Divina- - tion by sternutation, ..."
4. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt, John Brand (1905)
"This gave original to that cus- tome among Gentiles in saluting the sneezer.
They used also to worship the head in sternutation, as being a divine part and ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"He shall answer learnedly by the card—" A sneeze," the nose or stem being the organ.
Then lie shall ask Jem Sparkle " What is a sternutation? ..."
Other Resources:
