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His face became rounded; his neck so enlarged that his chin and chest were level; his arms, hands and even his fingertips were distended with air, and were tympanitic on percussion.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the abdomen is tympanitic, tell him it seems much distended; and if he questions much further, answer the questions fully and intelligently.

From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp

Double tympanitic membrane is spoken of by Loeseke.

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

The early development of a tympanitic abscess suggested an injury to the colon, but this was not by any means certain.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

The abdomen was greatly distended and tympanitic, and the left thigh and groin were very much swollen and œdematous, with some redness of surface.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry