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What is Singultus?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Singultus is the state of having the reflex spasms of diaphragm and accompanied by the rapid closure of glottis producing the audible sound.

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What is the medical name for Singultus?

singultus IS the medical name for the more common name of a Hiccup. :p


During singultus your diaphragm tightens quickly and involuntarily What do most people even doctors call singultus?

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What is the synonym for singultus?

"Hiccup" is a synonym for singultus, both referring to involuntary spasms of the diaphragm followed by a sudden closure of the vocal cords, resulting in a distinctive sound.


What is the definition of singultus?

The definition of singultus is the state of having the reflex spasms of diaphragm and accompanied by the rapid closure of glottis producing the audible sound. The definition of singultus is the state of having the reflex spasms of diaphragm and accompanied by the rapid closure of glottis producing the audible sound.


Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter or Singultus is better known as?

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What is the name for hiccough?

Commonly known as a "hiccup". The technical term is "singultus".


Medical term meaning hiccups?

Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm (which is the muscle between the chest and the abdomen that pumps up and down to get air in and out of your lungs).It's a spasm in the diaphragm.A hiccup is the spasm of the diaphragm that causes you to intake air and then abruptly stop.


Singultus refers to what breathing movement involving a sudden intake of air due to an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm and the closure of the vocal apparatus of the larynx?

Hiccup


What is the different between coughing and huffing?

A hiccup and a hiccough are actually the same thing (pronounced the same as well). It is spelled hic'cough,' beacause, in the seventeenth century, it was believed that the act of hiccupping was related to 'cough'ing. Another term for hiccup (or hiccough) is singultus (though used MUCH less).


What condition is commonly known as hiccups?

while many cases develop spontaneously, hiccups are known to develop often in specific situations, such as eating too quickly, taking a cold drink while eating a hot meal, eating very hot or spicy food, laughing vigorously or coughing


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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -I----TUS. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter I and 7th letter T and 8th letter U and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: literatus singultus