单词 | splash sound |
释义 | > as lemmassplash sound b. Medicine. Also splash sound. A sound produced by a mixture of air and liquid in the stomach or other cavity when it is sharply disturbed. Cf. splashing n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > sound heard in stomach or cavities rumblea1607 splash sound1877 1877 J. W. Begbie in J. R. Reynolds Syst. Med. IV. 185 A diagnosis of Pneumo-pericarditis..may be made from observing a guggling or churning splash sound with the heart's action limited to the cardiac region. 1890 F. Taylor Man. Pract. Med. 435 The presence of air and liquid together in the pleural cavity may be demonstrated by the test known as Hippocratic succussion, or splash sound. 1908 Hutchison & Rainy Clin. Methods (ed. 4) 66 It should be remembered..that a splash may be elicited over even a normal stomach shortly after a meal containing much fluid,..and care should also be taken not to mistake a splash produced in the transverse colon for a stomach splash. 1910 Practitioner June 760 If the stomach be drained apparently dry a splash can still be obtained over the pyloric end. 1938 N. L. Eckhoff in H. Rolleston Brit. Encycl. Med. Pract. VII. 226 A splash may be heard in cases of pyloric obstruction, and in some cases of obstruction in the colon. 1971 R. B. Cole Essent. Respiratory Dis. iii. 29 The presence of air and fluid in the pleural space (hydro~pneumothorax) is indicated if a splash can be heard on auscultation when the thoracic cage is gently shaken. It should not be confused with the splashing of gastric contents. < as lemmas |
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