What's the difference between hiccup and singultus?
Hiccup
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Singultus
Definition:
(n.) Hiccough.
Example Sentences:
(1) To review the physiologic basis for normal and abnormal vagal reflexes arising from the pharynx, larynx, and esophagus, as well as the relevance of vagal reflexes to the pathogenesis of such clinically common cardiorespiratory responses as bradycardia, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, coronary angiospasm, bronchospasm, laryngospasm, prolonged apnea, and singultus (hiccups).
(2) Hiccups (singultus) usually present as a common annoyance lasting for short periods.
(3) Definitions of normal fetal breathing movements and singultus fetalis movements were determined.
(4) A wide spectrum of drugs and general measures has been reported to be effective in the case of singultus.
(5) Presented herein are the detailed esophageal manometric, radiologic, ambulatory pH, and scintigraphic findings from a patient who developed protracted and recurrent hiccups (singultus) after a lateral medullary infarction.
(6) The two patient groups were analysed for age, sex and weight as well as for side effects during the induction, maintenance and recovery periods, such as coughing, vomiting, venous pain, spontaneous movements, singultus, headaches, dysrhythmias and psychic disorders possibly due to anaesthesia.
(7) Side effects occurred in five patients (nausea, vomiting, singultus and fatigue), but the drug had to be discontinued in only one instance.
(8) 3) General symptoms in mice and rats included a creeping gait, convulsion, singultus, cyanosis, decreased locomotor activity, piloerection and salivation which were commonly observed by all routes.
(9) Singultus has a wide range of causes: neurological, psychological, toxic, pulmonary and gastro-enterological.
(10) Singultus fetalis movements occurred in normal and low birth weight pregnancies.
(11) Phrenic nerve stimulators (diaphragm pacers) were implanted in 20 patients with partial or total respiratory insufficiency of central nervous origin and chronic singultus.