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‖ tympanitis Path.|tɪmpəˈnaɪtɪs|
[In sense 1, an alteration of tympanites; so Pg. tymp-, Sp. timpanitis, It. timpanitide. In sense 2, f. tympan-um + -itis.]
1. = tympanites.
1797M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (ed. 2) 205 When air is accumulated in very large quantity,..it forms a..disease called tympanitis... The belly is extremely swelled, with a very tense feeling. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 103 Bowels still unrelieved... The tympanitis has increased.
2. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the tympanum.
1857Dunglison Med. Lex. 1890Billings Med. Dict. |