"singultus," the rarely used medical term for "hiccups," but singultus would make a great title for the next Sigur Ros album (lowercase, natch, in a Druidic font).    From Wordnik.com.  [Merry Swankster] Reference

And if you reduce them, convulsions usually supervene; and, if not reduced, acute bilious fevers come on, with singultus and mortification.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Fractures] Reference

In fever attended with singultus, give asafoetida, oxymel, and carrot, triturated together, in a draught; or galbanum in honey, and cumin in a linctus, or the juice of ptisan.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference

The Ephemerides mentions singultus as a cause of abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The Ephemerides 2.312 mentions singultus as a cause of abortion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Holston reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years 'standing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Holston 15.166 reports a case of chronic singultus of seven years 'standing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Many people experience singultus (that's science-speak for hiccups) when they laugh or cry.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to McMahon: Getting more sleep from your teen] Reference

Parker reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Parker 15.180 reports four rebellious cases of singultus successfully treated by dry cups applied to the abdomen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Dexter reports a case of long-continued singultus in an Irish girl of eighteen, ascribed to habitual masturbation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Dexter 15.172 reports a case of long-continued singultus in an Irish girl of eighteen, ascribed to habitual masturbation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

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 Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

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 Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

No evacuation of the bowels had taken place for over two weeks, and as the patient suffered from singultus and constant pain over the epigastric region, a light cathartic was given, which, in twenty-four hours, gave relief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

A half ounce has frequently caused death; smaller quantities have been followed by distressing symptoms, such as intoxication (which Olshausen has noticed to follow irrigation of the uterus), delirium, singultus, nausea, rigors, cephalalgia, tinnitus aurium, and anasarca.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

A singultus, without being attended with death: that he was ready to demonstrate the insertion of that muscle to Mr. Bragwell; but desired to have no concern with the experiment, which might essentially prejudice his reputation, in case of a miscarriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Roderick Random] Reference

Frigidulos udo singultus ore cientem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference

Or a singultus -- emblems of emotion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don Juan] Reference