But some people have such a sensitive gag reflex that they feel like they're going to throw up every time they brush their teeth. To prevent your gag reflex from triggering, try to relax while you brush your teeth. Think about something else -- something pleasant and calming -- to help keep your mind off the brushing and stop you from gagging.
anthropoid - resembling human beings. manlike. human - having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; human beings; the human body; human kindness; human frailty.
The word combines the root anthropo, meaning human with the root -cene, the standard suffix for epoch in geologic time. The Anthropocene is distinguished as a new period either after or within the Holocene, the current epoch, which began approximately 10,000 years ago (about 8000 BC) with the end of the last glacial period.