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 resonance

Skoda tympany - Synonym(s): skodaic resonance

skodaic 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

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