singultus
Americannoun
plural
singultusesnoun
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Etymology
Origin of singultus
1745–55; < Latin: sob, dying breath, hiccup
Example Sentences
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We recognise his old partiality for diminutives, as in the Frigidulos udo singultus ore cientem, and Languidulosque paret tecum coniungere somnos.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
Among the older medical writers Weber speaks of singultus lasting for five days; Tulpius, for twelve days; Eller and Schenck, for three months; Taranget, for eight months; and Bartholinus, for four years.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
There is another case related in the same journal of a man who died on the fourth day of an attack of singultus, probably due to abscess of the diaphragm, which no remedy would relieve.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Parker reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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