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tympany

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tympany /tym·pa·ny/ (-ne)
2. a tympanic, or bell-like, percussion note.

tym·pa·ny (tmp-n)
n.
1. A low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air-containing space.
2. See tympanites.

tympany
1. tympanitis.
2. a tympanic, or bell-like, percussion note.
3. distention of a hollow viscus with gas.

crop tympany
see pendulous crop.
gastric tympany
see gastric dilatation colic.
intestinal tympany
see intestinal tympany, intestinal dilatation.
ruminal tympany
secondary tympany
ruminal tympany secondary to some other condition, e.g. traumatic reticulitis, vagus indigestion, esophageal obstruction.

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