"ptarmoscopy" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…], linking this action with her earlier laugh at Telemachus' sneeze (17.541-50) and the mantic qualities of such involuntary movements, as revealed by later examples of 'ptarmoscopy' in ancient literature.",
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        "(very rare) The divinatory interpretation of sneezes."
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