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Synchronous diaphragmatic flutter

Definition
A disease in which there are repeated involuntary contractions of the diaphragm, the muscle that separates the heart and lungs from the abdomen.

Alternative forms
Hiccup, Diaphragmatic flutter

Etymology
From Greek synkhronos "happening at the same time," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + khronos "time" (see chrono-). From Greek diaphragma "partition, barrier, muscle which divides the thorax from the abdomen," from diaphrassein "to barricade," from dia "across" (see dia-) + phrassein "to fence or hedge in". Floterian to flutter, fly, flicker, float to and fro, be tossed by waves, frequentative of flotian to float (see FLOAT (Cf. float) (v.)).

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