tympanitic?
Posted By: Horski on 2008-07-09
In Reply to: Percussion of the chest shows s/l hyper-tymp-a-nism - Just Looking
Subject: tympanitic?
I think the form of the word should be hypertympanitic
- Denoting the quality of sound elicited by percussing over the inflated intestine or a large pulmonary cavity. Syn: tympanal 3, tympanic 3
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