vocal resonance

resonance /res·o·nance/ (rez´o-nins)

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.

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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.

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vocal resonance

n. Abbr. VR

The voice sounds heard on auscultation of the chest of an individual who is vocalizing in some manner.

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vocal resonance

Etymology: L, vocalis + resonare, to sound again

1 auscultation.

2 modification of the laryngeal tone as it passes through the pharynx and oral cavity to produce an increase in the intensity and quality of the sound.

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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.

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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.