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Yaybob
Lv 7
Yaybob asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 1 decade ago

How many of these can you find a technical or medical name for?

1. Whispering, or a whisper

2. Laughing, or a laugh

3. Stomach gurgling

4. Sighing, or to sigh

5. Burping, or to burp

6. Sneezing, or to sneeze

7. Yawning, or a yawn

8. Hiccuping, or a hiccup

The most correct answer will be the one with the most correct parts, ties decided by order. I'll provide the answers later.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    1. Whispering, or a whisper - murmuration or susurration

    2. Laughing, or a laugh - cachinnation

    3. Stomach gurgling - borborygm or gurgitation

    4. Sighing, or to sigh - suspiration

    5. Burping, or to burp - eructation

    6. Sneezing, or to sneeze - sternutation

    7. Yawning, or a yawn - oscitation

    8. Hiccuping, or a hiccup - singulation

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Medical Name For Burping

    Source(s): https://shrinkurl.im/a98b6
  • Diane A
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    1. phonation ???

    2. (giggle)

    3. Borborygmi (spelling????)

    4.

    5. eructation

    6. sternutation

    7. pandiculation

    8. singultus

    Man, can't think of any for the other....:(

    But it was fun

    Source(s): ER PA
  • bellamente
    1 decade ago

    6. sternutation!

    i'm at a loss for what the rest are...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    1.sussuration

    2.cachinnation

    3.bororygmi

    4.exhalation

    5.eructation

    6.sternutation

    7.pandiculation

    8.singultus

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