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Descriptor English: Sneezing
Descriptor Spanish: Estornudo
Descriptor estornudo
Scope note: Expulsión súbita, enérgica e involuntaria de aire por la NARIZ y la BOCA causada por la irritación de las MEMBRANAS MUCOSAS del TRACTO RESPIRATORIO superior.
Descriptor Portuguese: Espirro
Descriptor French: Éternuement
Entry term(s): Sneezings
Tree number(s): C23.888.852.889
G09.772.832
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012912
Scope note: The sudden, forceful, involuntary expulsion of air from the NOSE and MOUTH caused by irritation to the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of the upper RESPIRATORY TRACT.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
DeCS ID: 13293
Unique ID: D012912
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Sneezing - Preferred
Concept UI M0019990
Scope note The sudden, forceful, involuntary expulsion of air from the NOSE and MOUTH caused by irritation to the MUCOUS MEMBRANES of the upper RESPIRATORY TRACT.
Preferred term Sneezing
Entry term(s) Sneezings



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