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singultus

noun as in hiccup

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Hiccough (singultus) is a spasmodic affection of the diaphragm.

Another symptom referable to the pulmonary organs in cases of hepatic abscess is singultus, or hiccough.

Singultus is rarely present in genuine pymia, but frequently so in septicmia, and occasionally in septo-pymia.

Singultus is now present, and has been so during the last twenty-four hours.

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