singultus
Americannoun
plural
singultusesnoun
Other Word Forms
- singultous adjective
Etymology
Origin of singultus
1745–55; < Latin: sob, dying breath, hiccup
Example Sentences
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The Ephemerides contains records of epilepsy in which blindness preceded the paroxysm, in which there was singing during it, and a case in which the paroxysm was attended with singultus.
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)
Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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.
The lips were dry, the tongue markedly coated; _foetor ex ore _was present; painful eructations were frequent, also singultus, complete anorexia and extreme thirst.
From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry
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