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TYMPANITES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tympanites mean?
• TYMPANITES (noun)
The noun TYMPANITES has 1 sense:
1. distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity
Familiarity information: TYMPANITES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distension of the abdomen that is caused by the accumulation of gas in the intestines or the peritoneal cavity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tympanites" is a kind of...):
dilatation; distension; distention (the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions)
Context examples
Also called tympanites.
(Meteorism, NCI Dictionary)
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