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Definition: EGOPHONY |
EGOPHONYNoun1. The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion. |
Etymology: Egophony \E*goph"o*ny\, noun. [from Greek expression goat voice.]. (Websters 1913) |
"EGOPHONY" is a common misspelling or typo for: geophone. |
| Synonym by domain: tragophony (medicine). |
Crosswords: EGOPHONY |
| English words defined with "EGOPHONY": Aegophony ♦ Egophonic. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
egophony | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "EGOPHONY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Bright's gnidningslyd (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
Dutch | wrijfgeruis van Beatty-Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Beatty-Bright murmur, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
French | frottements de Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony). (various references) | |
German | Lederknarren (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound), Bright Murmeln (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound), Bright Knarren (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound), Beatty-Bright Geraeusch (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Beatty-Bright murmur, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
Greek | φύσημα Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
Italian | sfregamento pleurico (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound), sfregamento di Beatty-Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound), rumore di Beatty-Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egophonyay.(various references) | |
Spanish | soplo de Bright (Beatty-Bright egophony, Beatty-Bright friction sound, Bright murmur, friction sound). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "EGOPHONY" (pronounced 'E*goph"o*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrimony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny, Cormogeny, Cormophylogeny, Cosmogony, Counter-compony, Crony, Crystallogeny, Cytogeny, Destiny, Diplostemony, Discompany, Disharmony, Dissentany, Dittany, Dunny, Electrogeny, Embryogeny, Embryogony, Endogeny, Epiphany, Eugeny, Euphony, Felony, Fenny, Finny, Geminy, Geogony, Get-penny, Goldfinny, granny, Gyronny, Haemony, Hap'penny, hegemony, Hemicrany, Heterogeny, Heterogony, Heterophony, Hexagony, Histogeny, Hominy, homogeny, Homogony, homophony, Hymenogeny, Ideogeny, Incony, Ingeny, Inharmony, Isostemony, Johnny, larceny, Laryngophony, Lickpenny, litany, luny, mahogany, Mateotechny, matrimony, misogyny, Mnemotechny, Monembryony, Monogeny, monogyny, monotony, Morphogeny, Mullagatawny, Mulligatawny, Nanny, Ninny, Nonny, Nymphomany, Obdiplostemony, Odontogeny, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Organogeny, Organy, Oriskany, Orthophony, Outzany, Oxyphony, Parsimony, Parthenogeny, Pathogeny, Patrimony, Patrociny, Peony, Philogyny, Photogeny, Photophony, Physiogeny, Physiogony, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pneumony, Polony, Polychoerany, Polyembryony, Polygony, Polygyny, Polyphony, Predestiny, Prestimony, Progeny, Prytany, Puisny, Pyrotechny, Querimony, Quiddany, Radiophony, Ranny, Raphany, Romany, sanctimony, Sanny, Satanophany, Saxony, scammony, Scranny, Scrapepenny, scrawny, shanny, simony, sixpenny, skinny, Sny, Sporogony, Stramony, Strany, Subitany, Subterrany, Surdiny, Swanny, Sweeny, symphony, synchrony, Syntony, Tautophony, tawny, Telegony, telephony, Teratogeny, tetany, Theogony, theophany, Third-penny, threepenny, Thunny, Thymiatechny, Tiffany, tinny, tiny, Tony, True-penny, tunny, Twelvepenny, twopenny, Tympany, Tyny, tyranny, uncanny, Vadimony, Vilany, Vinny, Zebrinny. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-p-y" | |
-2 letters: gonoph, gooney, oogeny, phoney, phooey. | |
-3 letters: gooey, goony, goopy, honey, hooey, pengo, peony, phone, phono, phony, pogey. | |
-4 letters: gone, goon, goop, hone, hong, hoop, hope, hype, hypo, nope, open, peon, phon, pogy, pone, pong, pony, pooh, poon, yogh. | |
-5 letters: ego, eng, eon, gen, gey, goo, goy, gyp, hen, hep, hey, hoe, hog, hon, hop, hoy, hyp, nog, noh, noo, oho, one, ooh, ope, peg, peh, pen, poh, pye, yeh, yen, yep, yon. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-n-o-o-p-y" | |
+1 letter: gynophore, phenology. | |
+2 letters: gynophores, nephrology, phrenology. | |
+4 letters: oceanography, oropharynges. | |
+5 letters: oropharyngeal, phenomenology, physiognomies, phytopathogen, psychosurgeon. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 47 4F 50 48 4F 4E 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). --. --- .--. .... --- -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01000111 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01001110 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E G O P H O N Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0047 004F 0050 0048 004F 004E 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3941495042494859 |
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