tympanites
/ˌtɪmpəˈnʌɪtiːz
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
Swelling of the abdomen with air or gas.Abdominal distension with a splashing sound like water, and accompanying dysuria indicates tympanites or ascites....
- We remained a gastric tube during operation to prevent intestinal tympanites and to put in medicines that could improve the movement of intestine.
- When they gave me this information I knew that the tympanites was due to narcotic paralysis, instead of coming from perforative, septic peritonitis, as the general appearance and symptoms indicated.
Derivatives
tympanitic
- You examined her and she had a tympanitic abdomen.
- On exam, he is tympanitic over his abdomen and liver.
- Examination also showed a distended tympanitic abdomen, and abdominal radiography showed a large amount of gas in a distended bladder.
Origin
Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek tumpanitēs, from tumpanon (see tympanum).
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