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Sternutation

Definition: Sternutation

Sternutation

Noun

1. A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Sternutation \Ster`nu*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression sternutatio, from sternutare to sneeze, intens. from sternuere.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: Sternutation

DomainDefinition

Health

Sneezing. (references)

Medicine

Sneezing. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Sternutation

Synonyms: sneeze (n), sneezing (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sternutation

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Wind

Sneezing .Verb:: errhine; sternutative, sternutatory; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough; catching of the breath.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Sternutation

Language Translations for "sternutation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

teshtimë (sneeze, sneezing). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кихавица, кихане (sneeze). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kýchání. (various references)

   

Danish

  

sternutatio (sneezing), nysen (sneezing). (various references)

   

French

  

sternutation. (various references)

   

German

  

Sternutatio, Sternuatio, Niesen (sneeze, to sneeze). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πτάρνισμα (sneeze). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

עטוש (sneeze). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tüsszentés (sneeze, sneezing). (various references)

   

Manx

  

streighyraght (sneeze). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ernutationstay

   

Portuguese

  

esternutação, espirro (sneeze). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

чиханье. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kijanje (sneeze). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

aksırma (sneeze). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự hắt hơi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Sternutation

Derivations

Words beginning with "sternutation": sternutations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sternutation"

Words rhyming with "sternutation" (pronounced 'Ster`nu*ta"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Sternutation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-t-u"

-2 letters: attentions, stentorian.

-3 letters: anointers, antitrust, attention, instanter, intonates, intranets, neutrinos, nonartist, nutations, nutrients, reanoints, saturnine, stationer, transient, troutiest, turnstone.

-4 letters: aneurins, anointer, antirust, attestor, enations, entrains, entrants, insurant, intonate, intoners, intranet, intrants, intreats, nattiest, naturist, neutrino, neutrons, nitrates, notaries, notturni, nutation, nutrient, nuttiest, outearns, outraise, outrates, outstare, outstart, outstate, rainouts, raisonne, rattiest, reanoint.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: sternutations.

 

+2 letters: counterstating.

 

+3 letters: instrumentation.

 

+4 letters: antireductionist, counterirritants, instrumentations, interstimulation, neurotransmitter.

 

+5 letters: antireductionists, countertraditions, interstimulations, neurotransmitters.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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