tympany

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For “The French Dispatch,” Desplat paired acclaimed pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in unusual duets with harp, tympany, bassoon or tuba, drawing from a wide range of references, including Erik Satie and Thelonious Monk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Her agitated testimony offered a tympany of accusations that struck blow after blow at the base of O.J.

From Time Magazine Archive

A tympany beat and the sound track filled with violins.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Various grades and degrees of tympany may be noted.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

There are three kinds; the first is ascites, due to the presence of watery fluid, for which we do paracentesis; second, tympany, when the abdomen is swollen from the presence of air or gas.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph