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Definition of: tympanites
(tim′pə·nī′tēz) noun Pathol.
Swelling of the abdomen due to accumulation of gas. [<LL <Gk. tympanitēs <tympanon. See TYMPANUM.]
—tym′pa·nit′ic (-nit′ik) adjective
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