tympany

[ tim-puh-nee ]

/ ˈtɪm pə ni /

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noun

Pathology. tympanites.

Archaic. inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity.

Origin of tympany

1520–30; <Medieval Latin tympanias<Greek tympaníās tympanites

Words nearby tympany

tympanostomy, tympanostomy tube, tympanotomy, tympanous, tympanum, tympany, Tyndale, Tyndall, Tyndall beam, Tyndall effect, tyndallimetry

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Example sentences from the Web for tympany

To swell a man with a tympany is as good sport as to blow a frog.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6|Samuel Johnson
Below, the cardiac dullness is merged into the tympany from the stomach and the dullness from the liver.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
He had known many instances of its curing consumption, and had seen it act like a charm in cases of tympany.
Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2|Charles Rochfort Scott
Tympany consists in an elastic tumor of the abdomen, which sounds on being struck.
Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for tympany

tympany

/ (ˈtɪmpənɪ) /

noun plural -nies

another name for tympanites

obsolete excessive pride or arrogance

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Medical definitions for tympany

tympany

[ tĭm′pə-nē ]

n.

A low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air-containing space.

tympanites

单词	tympany
释义	tympany [ tim-puh-nee ] / ˈtɪm pə ni / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tympany ON THESAURUS.COM noun Pathology. tympanites. Archaic. inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity. Origin of tympany 1520–30; <Medieval Latin tympanias<Greek tympaníās tympanites Words nearby tympany tympanostomy, tympanostomy tube, tympanotomy, tympanous, tympanum, tympany, Tyndale, Tyndall, Tyndall beam, Tyndall effect, tyndallimetry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tympany To swell a man with a tympany is as good sport as to blow a frog. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6\|Samuel Johnson Below, the cardiac dullness is merged into the tympany from the stomach and the dullness from the liver. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:\|Louis Marshall Warfield He had known many instances of its curing consumption, and had seen it act like a charm in cases of tympany. Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2\|Charles Rochfort Scott Tympany consists in an elastic tumor of the abdomen, which sounds on being struck. Zoonomia, Vol. II\|Erasmus Darwin British Dictionary definitions for tympany tympany / (ˈtɪmpənɪ) / noun plural -nies another name for tympanites obsolete excessive pride or arrogance Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tympany grandiosity, grandiloquence, rhetoric, rodomontade, exaggeration, magniloquence, bluster, gasconade, rage, rant, stuff, pad, braggadocio, pomposity, balderdash, fustian, turgidity, rave, cotton, tumidity Medical definitions for tympany tympany [ tĭm′pə-nē ] n. A low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air-containing space. tympanites The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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tympany

noun

Origin of tympany

Words nearby tympany

Example sentences from the Web for tympany

British Dictionary definitions for tympany

noun plural -nies

Words related to tympany

Medical definitions for tympany

n.