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Definition of Singultus

1. Noun. (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion. "How do you cure the hiccups?"

Definition of Singultus

1. n. Hiccough.

Definition of Singultus

1. Noun. (medicine) The medical name for hiccups. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Singultus

1. Hiccup. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Singultus

Literary usage of Singultus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1912)
"... OF THE CARDIA Under this we may classify eructation, singultus, pyrosis, ... NERVOSUS singultus or hiccough may last for a few minutes, several hours, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"singultus, OR HICCOUGH. This has been ranked among children's diseases, but it is, by no means, a complaint of consequence, as it sometimes is in adults, ..."

3. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"... of affection of the spinal cord and of the diaphragm; singultus, sympathetic affection of glottis, ... singultus: in nervous persons: Bell., ..."

4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, for the Use of Students and Practioners by Roberts Bartholow (1880)
"SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM -singultus—HICCOUGH. Pathogeny and Symptoms.—This malady consists in a recurring spasm of the diaphragm ; there is first a full ..."

5. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine: For the Use of Students and by Roberts Bartholow (1883)
"SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM-singultus—HICCOUGH. Pathogeny and Symptoms.—This malady consists in a recurring spasm of the diaphragm ; there is first a full ..."

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