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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) ____________
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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)
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How about:
- eat -- ingest - whisper -- susurration - sigh -- suspire - walking in one's sleep - somnambulation
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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?
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regurgitation (throwing up, vomiting)
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nictation (or nictitation) : winking [same as blinking] gustation : tasting imbibing : drinking [imbibition?]
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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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elimination (of bodily wastes)
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