Skoda tympany
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Skoda sign (tympany) — Sko·da sign (tympany) (skoґdah) [Josef Skoda, Czech born physician in Austria, 1805–1881] skodaic resonance … Medical dictionary
Tympany — A hollow drum like sound produced when a gas containing cavity is tapped sharply. Tympany is heard if the chest contains free air (pneumothorax) or the abdomen is distended with gas. Another term for tympany is tympanites. Both terms come from… … Medical dictionary
Skoda — Joseph, Bohemian clinician in Vienna, 1805–1881. See skodaic resonance, S. rale, S. sign, S. tympany … Medical dictionary
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
skodaic resonance — increased percussion resonance at the upper part of the chest, with flatness below it; heard above a large pleural effusion or area of consolidation. Called also Skoda sign or tympany and skodaic tympany … Medical dictionary
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
