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tympanitic(dictionary)
tympanitic resonance(medicine)

tympanitic (iou)



tympanitic adjective. M19.
[from Latin tympaniticus, formed as TYMPANITES: see -IC.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of tympanites; tympanitic note, tympanitic resonance, tympanitic sound, a resonant sound produced by percussion of a distended abdomen or other abnormally hollow organ. M19.
Giving a tympanitic sound; affected with tympanites. E20.