Medical Definition of Tympanitic resonance
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1. A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." "A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence." (De Quincey)
Origin: Gr, fr. A kettledrum. See Tympanites.
(28 Oct 1998)
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