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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms, Digestive > Hiccup

Preferred term

Hiccup  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hiccough
  • Hiccoughs

Scope note

  • A spasm of the diaphragm that causes a sudden inhalation followed by rapid closure of the glottis which produces a sound.

In other languages

  • nikotus

    Finnish

  • hikka
  • hikottelu
  • nikottaminen
  • nikottelu
  • singultus
  • Hicka

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006606

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