Tympany Definition

tĭmpə-nē
tympanies
noun
Inflated or distended condition.
Webster's New World
Bombast; pomposity.
Webster's New World

The sound made by beating a drum.

Wiktionary

(medicine)Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tympany

Noun

Singular:
tympany
Plural:
tympanies

Origin of Tympany

  • Medieval Latin tympanias tympanites from Greek tumpaniās from tumpanon drum

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Coined based on Ancient Greek τύμπανον (tumpanon).

    From Wiktionary

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