Quiz

A nerdy quiz of useless medical terms

This post is useless, utterly so, since these terms are never or hardly used in modern English since they all have better known English words. Yet, these terms denote such commonplace actions that I like remembering them for the nerd factor !

So guess what these fancy-sounding terms for common actions mean :

Results

Wow good job nerd – you maybe need a life ? jk 😁

Never too late to nerd up 🤓

#1. Sternutation

Sternutation is the act of sneezing !

#2. Pyrosis

Pyrosis is a another term for Heartburn

#3. Halitosis

Halitosis is a medical term for foul smelling breath

#4. Eructation

Eructation a term for belching !

#5. Oscitation

Oscitate means to yawn ! While yawing and stretching the same time has its own fancy term – Pandiculate !

#6. Vomiturition

Vomiturition is a term for ineffective attempts at vomitting –  or dry heaving / retching.

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