tympanitic
- a word derived from tympanites.
Example Sentences
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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
These animals I have not observed to be subject to flatulent colic; when, therefore, the abdomen becomes suddenly tympanitic the gas is usually contained in the stomach.
From The Dog by Dinks
The abdomen is tympanitic; the body bathed in perspiration; the respirations rapid; the urine scanty, high-colored, and contains albumen.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
There is a localized swelling, immovable in breathing or when pressed upon, and having a tympanitic sound on percussion over it with dull sound on pressure and heavy stroke.
From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry
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
