sternutate
verbEtymology Borrowed from Latin sternūtāre.
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Humorous To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.
- Scientists are attempting to unpick the mystery of the “photic sneeze” – a bizarre reflex that causes people to sternutate, or sneeze, in response to bright light – and they need your help.2020 October 11, Lisa Geddes, “Calling all sneezers: scientists try to unpick mystery of 'photosneezia'”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- sternutation