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Meaning of "sternutation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STERNUTATION

From Late Latin sternūtāre to sneeze, from sternuere to sputter (of a light).
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PRONUNCIATION OF STERNUTATION

sternutation  [ˌstɜːnjʊˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERNUTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sternutation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STERNUTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sternutation

Sneeze

A sneeze, or sternutation, is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and nose in an explosive, spasmodic involuntary action resulting chiefly from irritation of the nasal mucous membrane. Sneezing is possibly linked to sudden exposure to bright light, sudden change in temperature, breeze of cold air, a particularly full stomach, or viral infection, and can lead to the spread of disease. The function of sneezing is to expel mucus containing foreign particles or irritants and cleanse the nasal cavity. During a sneeze, the soft palate and palatine uvula depress while the back of the tongue elevates to partially close the passage to the mouth so that air ejected from the lungs may be expelled through the nose. Because the closing of the mouth is partial, a considerable amount of this air is usually also expelled from the mouth. The force and extent of the expulsion of the air through the nose varies.

Definition of sternutation in the English dictionary

The definition of sternutation in the dictionary is a sneeze or the act of sneezing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STERNUTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERNUTATION

sternitic
sternly
sternmost
sternness
Sterno
Sterno can
sternocostal
sternotribe
sternport
sternpost
sternson
sternum
sternutative
sternutator
sternutatories
sternutatory
sternward
sternwards
sternway
sternworks

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERNUTATION

action
administration
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application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
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Synonyms and antonyms of sternutation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sternutation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STERNUTATION

Find out the translation of sternutation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sternutation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sternutation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

打喷嚏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sternutation
570 millions of speakers

English

sternutation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छींकना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عطاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чиханье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sternutation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sternutation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sternutation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teguran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sternutation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

くしゃみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재채기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sternutation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nhảy mui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தும்முதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडकडाट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aksırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sternutation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sternutation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чхання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sternutation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sternutation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

niezen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sternutation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sternutation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sternutation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERNUTATION»

The term «sternutation» is used very little and occupies the 167.051 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERNUTATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sternutation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERNUTATION»

Discover the use of sternutation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sternutation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The court of the gentiles, or, A discourse touching the ...
( 1) Their Divination by Diseases may take in that of Sternutation or Sneefing, which they called imfi**?, and made use of as an instrument of Divination. This mode of Di- vinatian was very ancient. Aristotle, 1. de Animal, faith, Th.it Sternutation ...
Theophilus Gale, 1677
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
STERNUTATION n.f. Istemutatio, Lat. J The act of sneezing. — Sternutation is a on vullive shaking of the nerves and muscles, occa burg ; and the fortifications have been improv;d. It is now a flourishing place, a rits on a considerable trade, h is ...
‎1816
3
Vocabulary at the Center
What word (from previously studied words) might describe a lychnobite at noontime? • What other people might be described as lychnobites? (Anyone who works the graveyard shift in a factory, hospital, etc.) ♢ sternutation: the act of sneezing ...
Amy Benjamin, 2013
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
STERNUTATION n. f. [sternutatio, La*.] The act of sneezing, — Sternutation is a corf' vulsive lhaking of the nerves and muscles, occasioned by an irritation of those in th» nostrils. Q-tiv. — Concerning sternutation, or sherzn :g, anil the custom of ...
‎1816
5
The Recreative Review: Or Eccentricities of Literature and ...
STERNUTATION,. OB, (be act of sneezing, has been surprisingly commented OB by those who do not defy augury. St. Austin tells us, that the ancients were wont to go to bed again, if they sneezed while they put on their shoe. Aristotle has a ...
‎1822
6
Fundamental Maxims of Ayurveda: Prepared for the Common People
Nasal medication or sternutation is otherwise called Sirovirecana. Generally it benefits all the three humours and is specially effective for vata (wind) and mucus . The excess humours accumulated in the head, throat, nose and sinus are ...
S. V. Govindan, 2002
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Materia Medica; Or, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
It is possible but not very probable, that Sternutation or the act of Sneezing may, by its concussion, prove slightly counter-irritant. But many ascribe their benefit to the discharge of thin mucus which they occasion. If this is correct, it assimilates ...
William Tully, 1858
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Encyclopaedia Metropolitana; or, universal dictionary of ...
Concerning. sternutation or sneezing, anil the custome of saluting or blessing upon that motion, it is pretended, anil generally believed, to derive its original from disease wherein sternutation proved mortal, and such as sneezed, died.
Edw Smedley, 1845
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge
STERNUTATION, n.s. [sternUtath, Lat.[ The act of sneezing. — Sternutation is a convulsive shaking of the nerves and muscles, occasioned by an irritation of those in the nostril*. iguin. — Concerning sternuatioa, or sneezing, and tlie custom of ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1806
10
Materia medica v.1
It is possible but not very probable, that Sternutation or the act of Sneezing may, by its concussion, prove slightly counter-irritant. But many ascribe their benefit to the discharge of thin mucus which they occasion. If this is correct, it assimilates ...
William Tully, 1858

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STERNUTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sternutation is used in the context of the following news items.
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The science behind the sneeze
... bathroom — so I could not later be accused of holding back, or tempering the apparently ear-bombing sternutation people have come to expect from me. «Toronto Star, May 15»
2
Everything you always wanted to know about sternutation but were …
Never heard of sternutation? In simpler ... of Banal Life), the book answers everything you always wanted to know about sternutation but were too sneezy to ask. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, May 15»
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¿Por qué estornudamos?
El término médico para el estornudo es “sternutation”. El estornudo se produce porque aire sucio entra en nuestra nariz, hay bacterias o virus en la mucosidad ... «La Rioja, Mar 15»
4
Blue Jays' Pillar hurt himself sneezing, will be out 10 days
... spot with the Toronto Blue Jays, will be out the next 10 days with a mild strain of his right oblique muscle caused by sternutation…better known as sneezing. «Washington Post, Mar 15»
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What makes us sneeze?
A sneeze (or sternutation, if you prefer the posh medical term) involves facial, pectoral and abdominal muscles working together to expel air rapidly from the ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Mar 15»
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Wry & Ginger: Nobody nose sternutation consternation
Anne suffers not from an excess of husbandly devotion, the kind that results in gifts every Valentine's Day of outsized teddy bears, but from sternutation, an ... «Times Herald-Record, Feb 15»
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Quick crossword No 13966
(8,4); 7 Old instrument of punishment, using a chair and water (7,5); 12 Sweet white wine from around Bordeaux (8); 15 Sternutation— see Zen (anag) (6) ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Reminders Against Reckless Driving Resonate with Teens at …
... David Preston echoed that comment, noting he had learned a new word while reading Rodriguez's blog when she used “sternutation,” or the act of sneezing. «Noozhawk, Feb 15»
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White Coat Notes: Sternutation
White Coat Notes: Sternutation – It's all in your head. Dr. Carlos Portu ... For example, “sternutation” simply means the act of sneezing. But what causes this act ... «Naples Daily News, Dec 14»
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Political Cycles
Sternutation Nation If this story from the New York Post doesn't restore your faith in government, we don't know what will: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 14»

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