Assertion: hiccup | /r/Synonym | singultus
Facets:
value: in medical parlance
type: OTHER
value: medically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hiccups are medically known as synchronous diaphragmatic flutter or singultus (SDF).
text: The technical term for hiccups (singultus) comes from a Latin word (singult) that means catching your breath while crying, which seems like a pretty good description of the sound of hiccupping.
text: Synonyms: hiccoughs, singultus (from the Latin singult = 'the act of catching one's breath while sobbing')
text: Also known as synchronous diaphragmatic flutter (SDF), or singultus in medical parlance, hiccups occur when the diaphragm, the thin layer of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen, contracts suddenly and involuntarily.
text: Hiccups, also known as hiccoughs or singultus is a sound produced by rapid inhalation of air due to diaphragmatic spasm followed by rapid closure of glottis.