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pectoriloquy
1. Voice sounds of increased resonance heard through the chest wall.
2. Transmission of the voice sound through the pulmonary structures so that it is unusually audible on auscultation of the chest, indicating either consolidation of the lung parenchyma or the presence of a large cavity.
3. The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard when applying the ear to the chest in auscultation.
2. Transmission of the voice sound through the pulmonary structures so that it is unusually audible on auscultation of the chest, indicating either consolidation of the lung parenchyma or the presence of a large cavity.
3. The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard when applying the ear to the chest in auscultation.
It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.
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loqu-, -loquence, -loquent, -loquently, -loquy, -iloquent, -iloquently
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pectoro-, pector- +
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