tympanites

American  

[tim-puh-nahy-teez] / ˌtɪm pəˈnaɪ tiz /

noun

Pathology.

1. distention of the abdominal wall, as in peritonitis, caused by the accumulation of gas or air in the intestine or peritoneal cavity.

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tympanites British  

/ ˌtɪmpəˈnaɪtiːz /

noun

1. Also called: meteorism, tympany. distension of the abdomen caused by an abnormal accumulation of gas in the intestinal or peritoneal cavity, as in peritonitis

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Other Word Forms

• subtympanitic
  adjective
• tympanitic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of tympanites

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin tympanītēs < Greek tympanī́tēs, derivative of týmpanon drum ( see tympanum)

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tympanites

Indeed the tympanites alone would have killed him.

From Appendicitis by John Henry Tilden

The rose-colored eruption is, moreover, wanting, and diarrhoea and tympanites are absent.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

When they gave me this information I knew that the tympanites was due to narcotic paralysis, instead of coming from perforative, septic peritonitis, as the general appearance and symptoms indicated.

From Appendicitis by John Henry Tilden

The abdomen was distended with tympanites and the rectum much dilated with accumulated feces.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

I did rashly declare that it was not epilepsy, because Sauvages tympanites intestinalis is a feature of hysteria, but not of epilepsy.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

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