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tapotage

tapotage noun: coughing and expectoration following percussion in the supraclavicular region: a sign sometimes obtained in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Noun

tapotage (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Coughing and expectoration following percussion in the supraclavicular region: a sign sometimes obtained in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Questions about tapotage

What does tapotage mean?
Tapotage means coughing and expectoration following percussion in the supraclavicular region: a sign sometimes obtained in pulmonary tuberculosis.
What part of speech is tapotage?
Tapotage is a noun.

Words near tapotage in the dictionary

  1. tapochki
  2. Tapol
  3. tapori
  4. Taporug
  5. Taposa
  6. tapotage
  7. tapotement
  8. tapotements
  9. tapow
  10. Tapp
  11. tappa

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