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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion;
- Example: "how do you cure the hiccups?"
[syn: hiccup, hiccough, singultus]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Singultus \Sin*gul"tus\, n. [L.] (Med.)
   Hiccough.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

singultus
    n 1: (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the
         diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis
         producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of
         indigestion; "how do you cure the hiccups?" [syn: hiccup,
         hiccough, singultus]