Resonance

(i-ez'-o-nans) itions of the chest in auscultation. F Amphoric, a variety of tympanitic resonance having metallic quality. R., Bell-metal, a bell-like son: heard on auscultation in pneumothorax when the che is percu ed with two coins used as plexor and ter. R., Cough, a sound heard on auscultation durii the act of coughing. R., Cracked-pot, a variety of tyi panitic resonance elicited by percu ing over a pulmo ary cavity communicating with a bronchus. K organs, the supra-laryngeal cavities that modify th quality of vocal sounds. R., Skodaic. S Tympany. R., Tympanic, resonance elicited on pe cu ion over the intestines and over large lung-caviii with thin, yielding walls. R., Vesicular, the nonn pulmonary note. R., Vesiculo-tympanitic, an a mixture of vesicular and tympanitic resonance. F Vocal, the sound heard on auscultation of the die I during ordinary speech. R., Whispering, the so heard on auscultation of the chest during the act 1 whispering.