capriloquism

capriloquism
SYN: egophony. [L. caper, goat, + loquor, to speak]

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ca·pril·o·quism (kə-prilґo-kwiz″əm) [L. caper goat + loqui to speak] egophony.

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  • egophony — A peculiar broken quality of the voice sounds, like the bleating of a goat, heard about the upper level of the fluid in cases of pleurisy with effusion. SYN: capriloquism, tragophonia, tragophony. [G. aix (aig ), goat, + phone, voice] * * *… …   Medical dictionary

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