different between hiccup vs myoclonus
hiccup
English
Alternative forms
- hiccough (old-fashioned)
- hickup
Etymology
Alteration of earlier hickock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Low German hick (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?k?p/, /?h?k?p/
- Hyphenation: hic?cup
Noun
hiccup (plural hiccups)
- A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
- There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
- (by extension) Any spasm or sudden change.
- (informal) A minor setback.
- There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.
Hypernyms
- (spasm of the diaphragm): myoclonus
Translations
See also
- hiccups
Verb
hiccup (third-person singular simple present hiccups, present participle hiccuping or hiccupping, simple past and past participle hiccuped or hiccupped)
- (intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.
- (transitive) To say with a hiccup.
- "I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.
- (intransitive) To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup.
- The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.
Translations
hiccup From the web:
- what hiccups mean
- what hiccups
- what hiccups in the womb feel like
- what hiccups do
- what hiccups look like inside
- what hiccups mean spiritually
- what hiccups mean when pregnant
- what hiccups feel like when pregnant
myoclonus
English
Etymology
myo- +? clonus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma???kl?n?s/
Noun
myoclonus (usually uncountable, plural myocloni or myoclonuses)
- (medicine) The brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or group of muscles.
Hyponyms
- hiccup
- hypnic jerk
Derived terms
- myoclonal
- myoclonia
- myoclonic
- paramyoclonus
myoclonus From the web:
- what myoclonus means
- what is myoclonus syndrome
- what is myoclonus dystonia
- what is myoclonus epilepsy
- what does myoclonus look like
- what causes myoclonus dystonia
- what causes myoclonus syndrome
- what is myoclonus of cortical origin
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