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tympanites (iou)



tympanites noun. LME.
[Late Latin from Greek tumpanites, from tumpanon TYMPANUM.]
Medicine. Severe distension of the abdomen by gas in the intestine, so that it gives a hollow sound on percussion; meteorism.