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Hiccough

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A modified respiratory movement a spasmodic inspiration consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm accompanied with closure of the glottis so that further entrance of air is prevented while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound or hiccough

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