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  2. Response to sneezing - Wikipedia

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    1912 illustration. In English-speaking countries, the common verbal response to another person's sneeze is "(God) bless you", or less commonly in the United States and Canada, "Gesundheit", the German word for health (and the response to sneezing in German-speaking countries).

  3. List of reflexes - Wikipedia

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    Photic sneeze reflex — a sneeze caused by sudden exposure to bright light. Plantar reflex — in infants up to 1 year of age, a curling of the toes when something rubs the ball of the foot. Pupillary accommodation reflex — a reduction of pupil size in response to an object coming close to the eye.

  4. List of language proficiency tests - Wikipedia

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    The following is a non-exhaustive list of standardized tests that assess a person's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Various types of such exams exist per many languages—some are organized at an international level even through national authoritative organizations, while others simply for specific limited business or study orientation.

  5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2010 September 5

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    It actually just means "health" (as with the Spanish response to a sneeze, "salud"). Leave it to the Germans to use 3 syllables where we use 1. However, what it literally means is "soundness" (along with the frequently-used "ge-" prefix that a German expert would need to step in here and explain). ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots → ...

  6. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Sims-Huhner test at Whonamedit? determination of sperm count and motility in a sample taken from the cervical canal within an hour of intercourse: Sister Mary Joseph nodule [7] Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey (born Julia Dempsey) oncology: various abdominal malignancies: palpable lymph node in the umbilicus Spurling's test: Roy Glenwood Spurling ...

  7. Photic sneeze reflex - Wikipedia

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    The photic sneeze reflex (also known as ACHOO syndrome, a contrived acronym for Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst [1]) is an inherited and congenital autosomal dominant reflex condition that causes sneezing in response to numerous stimuli, such as looking at bright lights or periocular (surrounding the eyeball) injection.

  8. Sneeze - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 January 2025. Semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth For other uses, see Sneeze (disambiguation). "Achoo" redirects here. For the acronym "ACHOO", see Photic sneeze reflex. Sneeze The function of sneezing is to expel irritants from the nasal cavity ...

  9. Cough - Wikipedia

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    A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.As a protective reflex, coughing can be repetitive with the cough reflex following three phases: an inhalation, a forced exhalation against a closed glottis, and a violent release of air from the lungs following opening of the glottis, usually ...