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单词 tympanism
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tympanismn.

/ˈtɪmpənɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: compare Greek τυμπανισμός a beating of drums, ἀποτυμπανισμός a cudgelling: see tympanize v. and -ism suffix. So French tympanisme , in sense 2.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1. (See quot. 1661, and cf. tympanize v. 3) Obsolete.
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1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tympanism..a kind of torturing, used by the Jews, by beating one to death with Cudgels or Drum-sticks, Heb. 11. 35. 2 Mac. 6. 19.
2. Pathology. (See quot. 1890, and cf. tympanites n.)
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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Tympanism, state of being distended with gas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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