bronchophony /bron·choph·o·ny/ (brong-kof´ah-ne)
bronchophony
bronchophony
1. normal voice sounds heard over a large bronchus.
2. abnormal voice sounds heard over the lung, with the voice too clear and high-pitched, indicating solidification.
bron·choph·o·ny (br ng-kf  -n )n. An exaggerated vocal resonance that can be heard over a bronchus that is surrounded by consolidated lung tissue. Also called bronchiloquy. |
bronchophony
[brongkof′ənē]
Etymology: Gk, bronchos + phone, voice
an increase in the intensity and clarity of vocal resonance that may result from an increase in lung tissue density, such as in the consolidation of pneumonia. it is assessed by having the patient repeat a phrase such as 99 during auscultation.
bronchophony
Chest medicine A change in the character of the spoken voice, which is higher-pitched and less muffled than normal; it is due to an ↑ transmission of sound 2º to consolidation, infarction, atelectasis, or
compression of lung tissue See Egophony.
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