Skoda, Joseph

Skoda,

Joseph, Bohemian clinician in Vienna, 1805-1881. Skoda crackles - bronchial sounds heard in pneumonia.Skoda rale - a rale in a bronchus, heard through an area of consolidated tissue in pneumonia.Skoda sign - Synonym(s): skodaic resonanceSkoda tympany - Synonym(s): skodaic resonanceskodaic resonance - a peculiar, high-pitched sound, less musical than that obtained over a cavity, elicited by percussion just above the level of a pleuritic effusion. Synonym(s): Skoda sign; Skoda tympany