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bellmetal resonance (medicine)


bellmetal resonance


In cases of a large pulmonary cavity or of pneumothorax, a clear metallic sound obtained by striking a coin, held against the chest, by another coin, or by flicking the chest wall with one's fingernail; the sound is heard on auscultating the chest wall on the same side anteroposteriorly.

Synonym: anvil sound, bell sound, coin test.


staved (iou)



staved adjective. ME.
[from STAVE noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Fitted or provided with a stave or staves. ME.
Broken; crushed in. L17.