Commonly known as a "hiccup". The technical term is "singultus".
It's a portmanteau of hiccup and cough. Hiccup, cough, hiccough.
Its Hiccough which can also spelt as Hiccup
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Hiccough or Hiccup
Hiccough is caused due to the vibrating movement of the diaphram. Or in other words, it is caused due to the sudden movement of the diaphram.
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Hiccough, aka hiccup
cup, up, hup as in hup-one, hup-two, etc., pup, sup, whup, hiccup and whup
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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).
It's pronounced "hik-cup", with the standard spelling being "hiccup". Given recent research into etymological history, it is considered to be an error to spell the word as "hiccough" - the word, in this spelling, derives from the thought that perhaps the condition of "hiccuping" was derived from the same symptoms as coughing.
Hiccough or Hiccup.Singultus is the medical term meaning involuntary contraction of the diaphragm. The lay term is hiccup.