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Posted By: Homo Loquens Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 02:26 AM
Can anyone add to this list of "technical terms" for "bodily functions/actions" ?

horripilation (goose-flesh; goose-bumps)
micturition (peeing)
singultus (hiccups)
onychophagia (nailbiting)
sternutation (sneezing)
nictitation (blinking)
oscitancy [?] (yawning)
stertoration (snoring)
mastication (chewing)
deglutition (swallowing)
emesis (vomiting)
ambulation (walking)
respiration (breathing)
expectorate (spit)
borborygmus (a tummy rumble)
eructation (burbing)
flatulation (farting)
coitus reservatus (you know)
coitus interruptus (ditto)

eating ____________
sleeping ____________
dreaming ____________
coughing ____________
whispering ____________
itching (a scratch) ____________
sighing ____________
going "tsk tsk tsk" with disapproval ____________
winking ____________
clicking one's neck or nuckles ____________
getting a cramp (in the leg, for example) ____________

e.t.c.
Posted By: of troy Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 02:38 AM
well, there is always
expectorate: verb
to bring up liquid from the throat or lungs and force it out of the mouth.
(more commonly called 'coughing up a lung'
(OTC meds are available to help you 'expectorate' (phlem), when you have a cold/flu/broncitis.

(but the word is also used (at times) for spitting--(NYC subway signs warn that there is a large fine for expectorating in the subway)
Posted By: Father Steve Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 02:44 AM
lacrymation (crying)
Posted By: Marianna Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 12:32 PM
How about:

- eat -- ingest
- whisper -- susurration
- sigh -- suspire
- walking in one's sleep - somnambulation
Posted By: Logwood Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 12:43 PM
bombilate - buzz, hum
Posted By: Homo Loquens Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 02:04 PM
horripilation (goose-flesh; goose-bumps)
micturition (peeing)
singultus (hiccups)
onychophagia (nailbiting)
sternutation (sneezing)
nictitation (blinking)
oscitancy [?] (yawning)
stertoration (snoring)
mastication (chewing)
deglutition (swallowing)
emesis (vomiting)
ambulation (walking)
respiration (breathing)
expectorate (spit)
borborygmus (a tummy rumble)
eructation (burbing)
flatulation (farting)
coitus reservatus (you know)
coitus interruptus (ditto)
lacrymation (crying)
ingestation (eating)
somnambulation (sleep walking)
somniloquize (sleep talk)
tussis (cough)

any more?
Posted By: Father Steve Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 03:04 PM
regurgitation (throwing up, vomiting)
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/06/05 05:06 PM
nictation (or nictitation) : winking [same as blinking]
gustation : tasting
imbibing : drinking [imbibition?]
Posted By: Homo Loquens Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/07/05 01:45 AM
ambulation (walking)
audition (hearing)
borborygmus (a tummy rumble)
coitus interruptus ("stopping in time")
coitus reservatus ("trying not to stop")
defecation (pooping)
deglutition (swallowing)
emesis/regurgitation (vomiting)
eructation (burbing)
expectoration (spiting)
flatulation (farting)
gustation (tasting)
horripilation (goose-flesh; goose-bumps)
imbibition (drinking)
ingestation (eating)
lacrymation (crying)
mastication (chewing)
micturition (peeing)
nictitation (blinking)
nictitation (winking)
olfaction (smelling)
onanism ("self-abuse" : / )
onychophagia (nailbiting)
oscitancy [?] (yawning)
respiration (breathing)
salivation (dribbling)
singultus (hiccups)
somnambulation (sleep walking)
somniloquization (sleep talking)
sternutation (sneezing)
stertoration (snoring)
tactility (touching)
tussis (coughing)
visual modality (seeing)

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Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/07/05 12:12 PM
elimination (of bodily wastes)
Posted By: Homo Loquens Re: Technical terms for body functions - 11/07/05 02:35 PM
How about rhinotillexomania!
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