resonance /res·o·nance/ (rez´o-nins)
resonance [rez´o-nans]
1. the prolongation and intensification of sound produced by transmission of its vibrations to a cavity, especially such a sound elicited by percussion.
2. a vocal sound heard on auscultation.
3. the existence of organic chemical structures that can not be accurately represented by a single structural formula, the actual formula lying intermediate between several possible representations differing only in electron position.
amphoric resonance an auscultatory sound like that produced by blowing over the mouth of an empty bottle.
nuclear magnetic resonance a measure, by means of applying an external magnetic field to a solution in a constant radiofrequency field, of the magnetic moment of atomic nuclei to determine the structure of organic compounds; the technique is used in magnetic resonance imaging.
skodaic resonance increased percussion resonance at the upper part of the chest, with flatness below it.
tympanitic resonance
1. the percussion sound heard on an abdomen with tympanites.
2. the drumlike reverberation of a cavity full of air.
vocal resonance (VR) the sound of ordinary speech as heard through the chest wall.
sko·da·ic resonance (sk -d   k)n. A high-pitched sound elicited by percussing just above the site of a pleuritic effusion. |
resonance [rez´o-nans]
1. the prolongation and intensification of sound produced by transmission of its vibrations to a cavity, especially such a sound elicited by percussion. Decrease of resonance is called dullness; its increase, flatness.
2. a vocal sound heard on auscultation.
3. mesomerism.
amphoric resonance a sound resembling that produced by blowing over the mouth of an empty bottle.
nuclear magnetic resonance see nuclear magnetic resonance.
skodaic resonance increased percussion resonance at the upper part of the chest, with flatness below it; heard over a large pleural effusion or area of consolidation.
tympanic resonance tympanitic resonance (def. 2).
tympanitic resonance
1. the peculiar sound elicited by percussing a tympanitic abdomen.
2. the drumlike reverberation of a cavity full of air; called also tympanic resonance.
vocal resonance (VR) the sound of ordinary speech as heard through the chest wall.
resonance
1. the prolongation and intensification of sound produced by transmission of its vibrations to a cavity, especially such a sound elicited by percussion. Decrease of resonance is called dullness; its increase, flatness.
2. a vocal sound heard on auscultation.
amphoric resonance
a sound resembling that produced by blowing over the mouth of an empty bottle.
skodaic resonance
increased percussion resonance at the upper part of the chest, with flatness below it.
tympanic resonance
drumlike reverberation of a cavity filled with air.
tympanitic resonance
the peculiar sound elicited by percussing a tympanitic abdomen.
vesicular resonance
normal pulmonary resonance.
vocal resonance
the sound of ordinary speech as heard through the chest wall.
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