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tympanophony

tympanophony noun: increased hearing of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, and other noises of the upper body; noted especially in disease of the middle ear or of the nasal fossae.

Noun

tympanophony (uncountable)

  1. Increased hearing of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, and other noises of the upper body; noted especially in disease of the middle ear or of the nasal fossae.

Synonyms of tympanophony

Origin of tympanophony

From tympano- + -phony.

Questions about tympanophony

What does tympanophony mean?
Tympanophony means increased hearing of one's own voice, breath sounds, arterial murmurs, and other noises of the upper body; noted especially in disease of the middle ear or of the nasal fossae.
What part of speech is tympanophony?
Tympanophony is a noun.

Words near tympanophony in the dictionary

  1. tympanons
  2. tympanoparotid
  3. tympanoperiotic
  4. tympanophonia
  5. tympanophonic
  6. tympanophony
  7. tympanoplasties
  8. tympanoplasty
  9. tympanosclerosis
  10. tympanosclerotic
  11. tympanoscopies

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