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tympany

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TYMPANY

n.A flatulent distention of the belly. [See Tympanites. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TYMPANY

Tym "pa *ny, n. Etym: [Gr. Tympanites. ]

1. (Med. )

Defn: A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.

2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense. " Dryden. A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. De Quincey.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tympany

tym pa ny |ˈtimpənē ˈtɪmpəni | ▶noun another term for tympanites (used esp. in veterinary medicine ). ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Greek tumpanias, from tumpanon (see tympanum ).

Oxford Dictionary

tympany

tympany |ˈtɪmpəni | ▶noun another term for tympanites (used especially in veterinary medicine ). ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Greek tumpanias, from tumpanon (see tympanum ).