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sternutation|stɜːnjuːˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. sternūtātiōnem, n. of action f. sternūtāre, frequentative f. sternuĕre to sneeze, cogn. w. Gr. πτάρνυσθαι (:—*pstrnu-) of the same meaning.]
The action of sneezing; a sneeze. (Chiefly Med. and Path.; otherwise, in mod. use, affected or humorous.)
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 124 Infantes..troubled..with often sternutation and sneesynge. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. ix. 199 The custome of saluting or blessing upon that motion..is..beleeved to derive its originall from a disease, wherein Sternutation proved mortall. 1713Pope Frenzy John Dennis Misc. 1732 III. 6, I hope you have upon no Account promoted Sternutation by Helle⁓bore. 1842Borrow Bible in Spain xlvii, His words..were stifled..by a sudden sternutation which escaped him. 1872Cohen Dis. Throat 106 The secretions are viscid and acrid, inducing spasms of sternutation.
†b. Loosely used for sternutatory n. Obs.
1547Boorde Brev. Health cxix. (1557) 45 Let them..vse dyuers tymes sternutacions with gargaryces. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. x. 349 If the Disease [Lethargy] continue,..the use of Sternutations is very proper. |