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EGOPHONY

Definition: EGOPHONY

EGOPHONY

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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).

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Crosswords: EGOPHONY

English words defined with "EGOPHONY": AegophonyEgophonic. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: EGOPHONY

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

egophony

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EGOPHONY

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.

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Rhyming with "EGOPHONY"

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)

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Anagrams: EGOPHONY

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EGOPHONY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 47 4F 50 48 4F 4E 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000111 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001111 01001110 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#71 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#79 &#78 &#89

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3941495042494859

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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