WHISPER

n. Hwi2sp'u6r. Lat., susurrus. Fr.,chuchotement, murmure. Ger., Gefliister, Gewisper. A sound uttered by the voice without sonant breath, [a, 48.] Cavernous w. In auscultation, a sound heard with whispered words, low in pitch and blowing in quality. It indicates the existence of a cavity. [D, 26.] Exaggerated bronchial w. In auscultation, the sound heard with whispered words. It is very intense, but neither so intense, nor so acute, nor so near the ear, as the sound heard in whispering broncho phony. [D, 26.] [s. 729]