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politzerization

politzerization noun: the inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.

Noun

politzerization (countable and uncountable, plural politzerizations)

  1. The inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.

Forms of politzerization

pluralpolitzerizations

Origin of politzerization

From Hungarian Politzer + -ization, named after Ádám Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

Questions about politzerization

What does politzerization mean?
Politzerization means the inflation of the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.
What part of speech is politzerization?
Politzerization is a noun.
What is the plural of politzerization?
The plural of politzerization is politzerizations.

Words near politzerization in the dictionary

  1. Polittes
  2. politure
  3. polity
  4. Politzer bag
  5. Politzer bags
  6. politzerization
  7. politzerizations
  8. politzerize
  9. politzerized
  10. politzerizes
  11. politzerizing

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