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snatiation

snatiation
 n.— «With a combination of good fun and serious intent, Hall (1990) suggested that “the newly described condition be called the SNATIATION reflex—a combination of sneezing and satiation and easily remembered by the acronymous handle of Sneezing Noncontrollably At a Time of Indulgence of the Appetite—a Trait Inherited and Ordained to be Named.”» —“Gastric Sneezing” by Victor A. McKusick in Johns Hopkins University Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Aug. 30, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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