tympany
Americannoun
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another name for tympanites
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obsolete excessive pride or arrogance
Etymology
Origin of tympany
1520–30; < Medieval Latin tympanias < Greek tympaníās tympanites
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For “The French Dispatch,” Desplat paired acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in unusual duets with harp, tympany, bassoon or tuba, drawing from a wide range of references, including Erik Satie and Thelonious Monk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
Her agitated testimony offered a tympany of accusations that struck blow after blow at the base of O.J.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tympany beat and the sound track filled with violins.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
There are three kinds; the first is ascites, due to the presence of watery fluid, for which we do paracentesis; second, tympany, when the abdomen is swollen from the presence of air or gas.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
In a case which aborted on the twelfth day there were hebetude, diarrhoea, tympany, and rose-colored spots persisting even after the subsidence of the fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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