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HYPERRESONANT PERCUSSION NOTE [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Resonance increased above the normal, and often of lower pitch, on percussion of the body; usually applicable to the chest wall.

CONT

Absent in the normal body, hyperresonance is emitted by the emphysematous lung; it is intermediate between resonance and tympany.

OBS

hyperresonance: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Sonorité thoracique augmentée, s'accompagnant en général d'une tonalité plus grave et s'observant dans l'emphysème. À un degré plus marqué, on parle de tympanisme.

Spanish

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