SNEEZING
\snˈiːzɪŋ], \snˈiːzɪŋ], \s_n_ˈiː_z_ɪ_ŋ]\
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Sudden, forceful, involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth caused by irritation to the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract.
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By William R. Warner
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A convulsive motion of the expiratory muscles, by which the air is driven rapidly, and rushes sonorously, through the nasal fossae, carrying with it the mucus and foreign bodies which adhere to the pituitary membrane, and have occasioned the movement.
By Robley Dunglison
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