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  • Snatiation is a term coined in jest to refer to the medical condition originally termed "stomach sneeze reflex", which is characterized by uncontrollable bursts of sneezing brought on by fullness of the stomach, typically immediately after a large meal.

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  • Sneezing Non-controllably At a Time of Indulgence of the Appetite—a Trait Inherited and Ordained to be Named.

    Sneezing induced by having a full stomach, somewhat akin to the photic sneeze reflex; also believed to be an autosomal dominant trait.

    June 15, 2009

  • Sounds like *pish*.

    June 15, 2009

  • Are you doubting me, bigearz? Fie upon your shrivelled, untrusting, leathery heart!

    You can stick your paws in the wounds here

    June 15, 2009

  • Oh, I was just sneezing. I might have come down with a dose of strine flu.

    But why aren't you listing achoo ... autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst syndrome?

    June 15, 2009

  • "Therefore, I propose the newly described condition be called the SNATIATION reflex--a combination of sneezing and satiation and easily remembered by the acronymous handle of Sneezing Non-controllably At a Time of Indulgence of the Appetite - a Trait Inherited and Ordained to be Named." —Judith G Hall, J Med Genet 1990;27:275-278

    February 9, 2019