The medical term for hiccups is synchronous diaphragmatic flutters, which are brief involuntary muscular tremors of the diaphragm and the glottis. Such tremors are caused by gastric distension.

There are various kinds of hiccups:

• Mild hiccups
• Persistent hiccups
• Refractory hiccups
• Chronic hiccups

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