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pectoriloquy

CIDE DICTIONARY

pectoriloquyn. [L. pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.].
     The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.  [1913 Webster]

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