| sound localization | Ability to determine the specific location of a sound source. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| sound pressure level | A measure of sound energy relative to 0.0002 dynes/cm2, expressed in decibels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sound spectrography | The graphic registration of the frequency and intensity of sounds, such as speech, infant crying, and animal vocalizations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| succussion sound | The noise made by fluid with overlying air when shaken, such as occurs with gastric dilatation or with fluid and air in a pleural cavity (hydropneumothorax). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Davis interlocking sound | A sound comprised of two instruments with curved male and female tips, used to introduce a catheter into the bladder in the treatment of ruptured urethra; the male sound is introduced into the distal urethra via the meatus and the female sound is passed downward through the bladder neck into the proximal urethra via an open cystotomy; the ends of the two instruments are engaged, with the female sound guiding the male sound upward into the bladder; a catheter is then sutured to the tip of the male sound and withdrawn through the urethra to restore continuity of its lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double-shock sound | Applied by J. B. Bouillaud to describe the cadence of a split-second heart sound, or of the second sound followed by an opening snap or early third heart sound. Synonym: double-shock sound. Origin: Fr. Drum-beat (05 Mar 2000) |
| intensity of sound | The objective measurement of the amplitude of vibration of a sound wave. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tambour sound | Reverberating, musical tone heard as the second heart sound over the aortic area, associated with syphilitic aortic valvular disease. Synonym: tambour sound. Origin: Fr. Sound of drum (05 Mar 2000) |
| third heart sound | Occurs in early diastole and corresponds with the end of the first phase of rapid ventricular filling; normal in children and younger people but abnormal in others. Synonym: third sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| third sound | Occurs in early diastole and corresponds with the end of the first phase of rapid ventricular filling; normal in children and younger people but abnormal in others. Synonym: third sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| to-and-fro sound | Doubling of an abnormal murmur usually in systole and diastole and formerly applied to pericardial rubs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jewett sound | A short straight sound for dilating the anterior urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| first heart sound | Occurs with ventricular systole and is mainly produced by closure of the atrioventricular valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fourth heart sound | The sound produced in late diastole in association with ventricular filling due to atrial systole and related to reduced ventricular compliance. It is a low frequency oscillation that may be normal at older ages owing to a physiologic decline in ventricular compliance but is nearly always abnormal at younger ages if it is of high intensity or palpable. It is common in ventricular hypertrophy, particularly with hypertension, and is almost invariable during acute myocardial infarction. Fourth heart sounds may arise from the right or left ventricle or both. Synonym: atrial sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| friction sound | The sound, heard on auscultation, made by the rubbing of two opposed serous surfaces roughened by an inflammatory exudate, or, if chronic, by nonadhesive fibrosis. Synonym: friction murmur, friction rub. (05 Mar 2000) |