hyperresonance

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hyperresonance [¦hī·pə′rez·ən·əns]

(medicine)

Exaggeration of normal resonance on percussion of the chest; heard chiefly in pulmonary emphysema and pneumothorax.

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No references found			Physical findings may include the following: tachycardia, tachypnea, and diminished breath sounds, hyperresonance to percussion, and decreased tactile fremitus on the ipsilateral side. Pneumothorax by Wojciechowski, Bill / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine			Hyperotreti hyperoxemia HyperPAD hyperparasite Hyperparathyroidism hyperpathia hyperperistalsis hyperphagia hyperphosphaturia hyperpigmentation Hyperpituitarism hyperplane hyperplane of support Hyperplasia hyperplatycnemic hyperploid hyperpnea hyperpotassemia hyperprognathous hyperproteinemia hyperpure germanium detector hyperpycnal inflow Hyperpyrexia hyperreal numbers hyperreflexia hyperresonance hypersaline HyperScript HyperSCSI hypersensitive hypersensitivity Hypersensitization hypersensor Hypersomnia hypersonic hypersonic flight hypersonic flow hypersonic glider hypersonic inlet hypersonic nozzle hypersonic speed hypersonic wind tunnel hypersonics hypersorption Hypersound HyperSpace HyperSPARC hyperspectral imaging system hyperspeed hypersplenism hyperstereoscopy			hyperpyrexial hyperpyrexial hyperpyrexial Hyperradiosensitivity Complementing, Mouse, Homolog Of Hyperrational Hyperrationality hyperreactio luteinalis hyperreactive Hyperreactive Airway Disease hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly hyperreactivity Hyperreal Hyperreal field Hyperreal fields Hyperreal number Hyperreal number HyperReal numbers HyperReal numbers Hyperreal web site hyperrealism hyperrealist hyperrealistic hyperrealities Hyperreality Hyperreals hyperreflection hyperreflexia hyperreflexia hyperreflexia hyperreninemia hyperresonance hyperresponsive hyperresponsiveness HyperSafe Remote Key System hypersalemia hypersaline hypersalivation hypersalivation hypersarcosinemia Hyperscript HyperSCSI hypersecretion hypersecretion hypersecretory hypersegmentation hypersegmented neutrophil hypersegmented neutrophil hypersegmented neutrophil Hypersensetive Hypersensetive Hypersensetive Hypersensetive Hypersensibility Hypersensibility hypersensitised hypersensitive hypersensitive hypersensitive hypersensitive Hypersensitive Carotid Sinus Reflex Hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome

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