‖ tympanites Path.
(tɪmpəˈnaɪtiːz)
[Late L. tympanītēs, a. Gr. τυµπανῑ́της (Galen), f. τύµπανον drum: cf. ascites. So Pg. tympanites, F. tympanite (OF. timpanides), It. timpanite.]
Distension of the abdomen by gas or air in the intestine, the peritoneal cavity, or the uterus.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lii. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 64 b/1 Þe ferþe [kind of dropsy] hatte Tympanytes..for if þe wombe is ysmete it sowneþ as a taboure oþer a tymber. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 282 Þe .iij. [maner dropesie] is engendrid of greet wynd resolued of coold mater, & falliþ into þe holownes of þe wombe, & is clepid tympanites. c 1400 [see tympan 1]. 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. 260 If a Physitian ask, How many Tympanites have you known cured? 1694 Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 7/1 Water of black Cherries compound..is a most powerful Remedy in the Cure of a Tympanites. 1767 Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 411 The Abdomen was..distended, as if the patient had been afflicted with an Ascites or Tympanites. 1872 T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 261 Abdominal enlargement from tympanites. 1899 [see typhoid a. 2 b]. |