- aphonic pectoriloquy
- the sound of the whispered voice transmitted through a serous, but not through a purulent, exudate within the pleura. Called also Baccelli sign.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
aphonic pectoriloquy
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Baccelli sign — Bac·cel·li sign (bə chelґe) [Guido Baccelli, Italian physician, 1832–1916] aphonic pectoriloquy … Medical dictionary
