tympany
[ tim-puh-nee ]
/ ˈtɪm pə ni /
noun
Pathology.
tympanites.
Archaic.
inflated or pretentious style; bombast; turgidity.
Origin of tympany
1520–30; < Medieval Latin
tympanias < Greek
tympaníās tympanites
Words nearby tympany
Example sentences from the Web for tympany
To swell a man with a tympany is as good sport as to blow a frog.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 6 |Samuel JohnsonBelow, the cardiac dullness is merged into the tympany from the stomach and the dullness from the liver.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: |Louis Marshall WarfieldHe had known many instances of its curing consumption, and had seen it act like a charm in cases of tympany.
Tympany consists in an elastic tumor of the abdomen, which sounds on being struck.
Zoonomia, Vol. II |Erasmus Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for tympany
tympany
/ (ˈtɪmpənɪ) /
noun plural -nies
another name for tympanites
obsolete
excessive pride or arrogance
Medical definitions for tympany
tympany
[ tĭm′pə-nē ]
n.
A low-pitched, resonant, drumlike note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air-containing space.
tympanites