- tympanitic resonance
- 1. the peculiar sound elicited by percussing a tympanitic abdomen. 2. the drumlike reverberation of a cavity full of air; called also tympanic r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tympanitic resonance
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resonance — 1. Sympathetic or forced vibration of air in the cavities above, below, in front of, or behind a source of sound; in speech, modification of the quality ( e.g., harmonics) of a tone by the passage of air through the chambers of the nose, pharynx … Medical dictionary
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vesiculotympanitic — ve·sic·u·lo·tym·pa·nit·ic (və sik″u lo tim pə nitґik) having both a vesicular and tympanitic quality; said of auscultatory sounds or resonance. Called also vesiculotympanic … Medical dictionary
