tympaniticadj.
/tɪmpəˈnɪtɪk/ a. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or affected with tympanites. tympanitic note, resonance, or sound, a sound somewhat like that of a drum produced by percussion over the abdomen or other part when distended with gas or air.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > sounds heard in percussion
tympanitic note, resonance, or sound1834
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [adjective] > distended
tympanical1623
tympanitical1656
meteorized1826
tympanitic1834
meteoristic1876
tympanic1891
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 481 Some..were of opinion that the..tympanitic resonance, on percussion, is of itself sufficient to point out pneumothorax.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xiii. 142 His tongue was black and parched, his belly tympanitic.
1853 W. O. Markham tr. J. Skoda Treat. Auscultation 255 The percussion-sound of the abdomen..being at one time distinctly tympanitic and clear, at another indistinct.
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy ii. 67 Tympanitic distension of the intestines.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 644 A tympanitic note on skull-percussion is suggestive that the abscess is situated in the cerebellum.
b. Giving a tympanitic sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [adjective] > by percussion
osteal1853
tympanitic1900
1900 Jrnl. Exp. Med. 25 Oct. 140 The skin and subcutaneous tissues of the face, neck and chest were markedly swollen, and tympanitic on percussion.
Derivatives
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [adjective] > distended
tympanical1623
tympanitical1656
meteorized1826
tympanitic1834
meteoristic1876
tympanic1891
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tympanitical, that hath a Tympany or dropsy.
1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 202 Filling it with airy conceits, tympanitical thoughts,..and fantastical dissertations.
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