tympanism
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tympanism — tym·pa·nism … English syllables
tympanism — ˈtimpəˌnizəm noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tympany + ism : tympanites … Useful english dictionary
Tympanites — A hollow drum like sound produced when a gas containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympanites is heard if the chest contains free air (pneumothorax) or the abdomen is distended with gas. Another term for tympanites is tympany. Both terms are… … Medical dictionary
bloat — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, balloon, bloatedness, bloating, blotter, blow up, blowing up, boom, boozehound, boozer, breaking point, breed, broaden, build, build up,… … Moby Thesaurus
diastole — Synonyms and related words: arsis, beat, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, bout, circle, circuit, course, cycle, dilatation, dilation, distension, downbeat, dropsy, edema, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, gassiness, inflation, intumescence … Moby Thesaurus
dilation — Synonyms and related words: aggrandizement, amplification, ballyhoo, big talk, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, bump, bunion, burlesque, carbuncle, caricature, corn, cyst, development, diastole, dilatation, distension, dropsy,… … Moby Thesaurus
distension — Synonyms and related words: bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, breaking point, bump, bunion, carbuncle, corn, cyst, diastole, dilatation, dilation, dropsy, edema, extension, extreme tension, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, furuncle,… … Moby Thesaurus
dropsy — Synonyms and related words: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic, constipation,… … Moby Thesaurus
edema — Synonyms and related words: abscess, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, ague, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appreciation, ascent, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia,… … Moby Thesaurus
flatulence — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, aeriness, affectation, bedizenment, big talk, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, convolution, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dropsy, edema, ethereality, fart, flashiness, flatulency,… … Moby Thesaurus
