pectoriloquy

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noun

An increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation.

OriginLatin pectus, pectoris →
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Meanings

nounpectoriloquy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAn increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation.

    Mucous rattle with large bubbles in the whole anterior part of the chest; kind of suspicious snoring in the right side; respiration loud on the back part, and pectoriloquy very strong in the region of the right scapula.

    1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 184

Origin

  1. Latinpectus, pectoris“chest, breast”
  2. Englishpectoriloquy

From Latin pectus, pectoris (“chest, breast”) + -loquy, from Latin loquor (“to speak”).

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