What's the difference between hiccough and hiccup?
Hiccough
Definition:
(n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.
(v. i.) To have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two of the excluded women refluxed during episodes of hiccough that occurred shortly after induction of anaesthesia.
(2) We describe a 58-year-old patient with a rare predominantly venous vascular malformation of the medulla oblongata, which caused a progressive bulbar dysfunction consisting of hiccoughs, dysphagia, hoarseness, dysarthria, gait ataxia and dysuria over a period of 11 months.
(3) Propofol was associated with fewer side effects (e.g., hiccoughing, nausea, and vomiting) intra- and postoperatively.
(4) Of the 342 nonstress tests (NSTs) performed, fetal hiccoughs were heard during 39 (11.4%) tests.
(5) In three patients, hiccough-like movements were noted.
(6) Side effects were rare (hiccough 5%, vomitus 4%, laryngospasm 1%, stridor 1%).
(7) No adverse effect, such as laryngospasm, bronchospasm or hiccough, occurred.
(8) Hiccoughs were found to increase in frequency throughout the third trimester.
(9) Clinically the attacks are characterized by an arrest of movement, staring, unresponsiveness to most stimuli, wandering conjugate eye movements, automatisms, twitching of the contraleteral ear and less commonly commonly vocalization, chewing, hiccoughing, vomiting, adversive head movements and twitching of the face.
(10) The incidence of injection pain or excitatory activity was equal in the three groups with the exception that 14 patients who received METH developed hiccoughs while none did in the other groups.
(11) This vibroacoustic stimulation did not affect the fetal physiologic response of hiccoughs, and the absence of hiccoughs in nonreactive NSTs may be another indicator of fetal compromise.
(12) The incidences of sleepiness, restlessness, heartburn, hiccoughs, loose bowel movements, insomnia, and acute dystonic reactions did not differ significantly among the three regimens and were mild and self-limited.
(13) The incidence of reflex actions (coughing, laryngospasm, breath holding, hiccoughs and movement) during induction was no different in the saline-premedicated halothane or isoflurane groups.
(14) Tracheal intubation may be required during laparoscopy, although the need to protect against the possibility of aspiration of gastric contents may not be a valid reason unless, with the same logic, it is suggested that all patients who hiccough should be intubated.
(15) Non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia was diagnosed in a newborn infant presenting with lethargy, apnoea, hiccoughs and myoclonic seizures.
(16) Acton boy Faith had quickly become one of the biggest British pop stars of the post rock’n’roll, pre-Beatles era by dint of a hiccoughing, Buddy Holly -like vocal style, so was not expected to do anything other than embarrass himself in front of Freeman.
(17) Three infants developed hiccoughs and three were very irritable after awaking from sedation.
(18) Dysphagia, substernal pain and hiccough in parabronchial and epiphrenic diverticula.
(19) Adverse effects, however, can include apnea, cardiovascular depression, laryngospasm, hiccough, and allergic-like reactions.
(20) Signs of blood or plasma transfusion reaction include hiccoughing, tachycardia, tachypnea, sweating, muscle tremors, pruritus, salivation, cough, dyspnea, fever, lacrimation, hematuria, hemoglobinuria, collapse, apnea, and opisthotonos.