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View synonyms for tympany
tympany
[ tim-puh-nee ]
tympany
/ ˈtɪmpənɪ /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tympany1
1520–30; < Medieval Latin tympanias < Greek tympaníās tympanites
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Example Sentences
Tympany consists in an elastic tumor of the abdomen, which sounds on being struck.
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Plucked and bowed strings blended with wailing flutes and an exotic tympany to produce music formed of passion and movement.
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More tympany; numerous rose-colored spots out over abdomen and back; slight epistaxis and bronchitis.
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Swell out an unmeaning truism to a perfect tympany of style.
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He had known many instances of its curing consumption, and had seen it act like a charm in cases of tympany.
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