‖ tympanitis Path.
(tɪmpəˈnaɪtɪs)
[In sense 1, an alteration of tympanites; so Pg. tymp-, Sp. timpanitis, It. timpanitide. In sense 2, f. tympan-um + -itis.]
1. = tympanites.
| 1797 M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (ed. 2) 205 When air is accumulated in very large quantity,..it forms a..disease called tympanitis... The belly is extremely swelled, with a very tense feeling. 1876 Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 103 Bowels still unrelieved... The tympanitis has increased. |
2. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the tympanum.
| 1857 Dunglison Med. Lex. 1890 Billings Med. Dict. |