singultus

American  

[sing-guhl-tuhs] / sɪŋˈgʌl təs /

Also singultation

noun

Medicine/Medical.

plural

singultuses

1. a hiccup.

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singultus British  

/ sɪŋˈɡʌltəs /

noun

1. a technical name for hiccup

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Other Word Forms

• singultous adjective

Etymology

Origin of singultus

1745–55; < Latin: sob, dying breath, hiccup

Example Sentences

Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years' standing.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Hiis auditis, risus in luctum, gaudium in lamenta, iubilus in singultus flebiliter conuertuntur, totaque regia ululatibus personuit et meroribus.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

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)

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

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)