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Aug. 20, 2014
Word of the Day

singultus Audio Pronunciation
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\sing-GUHL-tuhs\
noun
1. Medicine/Medical. a hiccup.
Quotes
He waited for her to calm down, then spoke. "Madam, the boy has singultus--hiccups in layman's terms.
-- Christopher Meades, The Last Hiccup, 2012
Origin
Singultus comes from the Latin word of the same spelling meaning "a sob" or "speech interrupted by sobs." It entered English in the mid-1700s.
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