Tympany

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 the Greek tympanon meaning drum.
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A low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air-containing space, such as the distended abdomen or the thorax with or without pneumothorax. SYN: tympanitic resonance.
- Skoda t. SYN: skodaic resonance.

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tym·pa·ny -nē n, pl -nies
1) TYMPANITES
2) a resonant sound heard in percussion (as of the abdomen)

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tym·pa·ny (timґpə-ne) [Gr. tympanias] 1. tympanites. 2. a tympanic, or bell-like, percussion note.

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  • Tympany — Tym pa*ny, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a kettledrum. See {Tympanites}.] 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. Thine s a tympany of sense. Dryden. [1913 Webster] A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tympany — [tim′pə nē] n. pl. tympanies [ML tympanias < Gr < tympanon, drum: see TYMPAN] 1. inflated or distended condition 2. bombast; pomposity …   English World dictionary

  • Tympany Five — was a successful rhythm and blues and jazz dance band founded by Louis Jordan in 1938. The group was comprised of a horn section of three to five different pieces and also drums, double bass, guitar and piano. After playing in Chicago at the… …   Wikipedia

  • tympany — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Medieval Latin tympanias, from Greek, from tympanon Date: 1528 1. tympanites 2. bombast, turgidity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tympany — /tim peuh nee/, n. 1. Pathol. tympanites. 2. Archaic. inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity. [1520 30; < ML tympanias < Gk tympanías tympanites] * * * …   Universalium

  • tympany — noun a) the sound made by beating a drum b) alternative name for tympanites …   Wiktionary

  • tympany — n. (Pathology) swelling of the abdomen by accumulated gas, tympanites; bombast, overblown style …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tympany — [ tɪmpəni] noun another term for tympanites (used especially in veterinary medicine). Origin C16: from Gk tumpanias, from tumpanon (see tympanum) …   English new terms dictionary

  • tympany — n. 1. (Med.) Tympanites, drumbelly, wind dropsy. 2. Inflation, conceit, bombast, tumidity, turgidness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tympany — tym·pa·ny …   English syllables

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