skodaic, a. Path.
(skəʊˈdeɪɪk)
[f. the name of the Austrian physician Joseph Skoda (1805–81).]
The specific epithet of the resonant percussion note heard in cases of pleuritic effusion.
| 1882 Quain's Dict. Med. II. 1187 This resonance, called Skodaic resonance, is a very characteristic sign. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1137 If a layer of lung intervene..a Skodaic note may be elicited. 1898 Ibid. V. 338 The resonance becoming..of that character which is generally known under the name of ‘skodaic resonance’. |