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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of emitting a sneeze.
  • noun . A medicine to promote sneezing; an errhine; a sternutatory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.

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  • verb Present participle of sneeze.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose

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