| Skoda's tympany | A peculiar, high-pitched sound, less musical than that obtained over a cavity, elicited by percussion just above the level of a pleuritic effusion. Synonym: Skoda's sign, Skoda's tympany. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tympany | 1. <clinical sign> A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." "A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence." (De Quincey) Origin: Gr, fr. A kettledrum. See Tympanites. (28 Oct 1998) |
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| Skoda, Joseph | <person> Bohemian clinician in Vienna, 1805-1881. See: skodaic resonance, Skoda's rale, Skoda's sign, Skoda's tympany. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Skoda's rale | A rale in a bronchus heard through an area of consolidated tissue in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Skoda's sign | A peculiar, high-pitched sound, less musical than that obtained over a cavity, elicited by percussion just above the level of a pleuritic effusion. Synonym: Skoda's sign, Skoda's tympany. (05 Mar 2000) |