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Rhonchisonant

Ronchisonant - Making a snorting noise; snorting I sometimes make rhonchisonant sounds while I'm sleeping. I don't realize it, but my wife sure does. It doesn't happen very often, but it's something that seems to annoy.  If we break down the word - Ronchi means abnormal sounds that can be heard when a doctor listens to your lungs with a stethoscope. The doctors are checking for issues that may be caused by underlying conditions.  Sonant means sound produced by the vocal cords. Particularly when the vocal cords are vibrating. 
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Obtund

Obtund's definition is dull the sensitivity of; blunt; deaden. 

Time obtunds our memories. As we get further and further away from the moments in our lives, the details and the sharpness of these memories fade. That is not to say that we don’t have vivid memories, but those memories of vividness are ones that were extraordinary, either of extreme joy or of extreme pain. 

Photographs and video allow us to bring life back to old memories, but the experience is like an imperfect facsimile, a copy of a copy of a copy. We never truly relive these experiences in perfect form, but we relive what we can remember and what’s left behind. And maybe that’s for the better, where we are left with the feelings and emotions as time obtunds our memories.

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