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Definition: PECTORILOQUY |
PECTORILOQUYNoun1. 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. |
Etymology: Pectoriloquy \Pec`to*ril"o*quy\, noun. [Latin expression pectus, -oris, the breast loqui to speak: compare to the French expression pectoriloquie.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PECTORILOQUY |
| English words defined with "PECTORILOQUY": Pectoriloquial, Pectoriloquism. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "PECTORILOQUY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | pectoriloqui. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pectoriloquie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | pectoriloquie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Pektoriloquie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπηλαιώδης φωνή, στηθολαλιά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pettoriloquia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ectoriloquypay pectoriloquia. (various references) pectoriloquia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "PECTORILOQUY" (pronounced 'Pec`to*ril"o*quy'): Alloquy, Ambiloquy, Antiloquy, Centiloquy, Colloquy, Dentiloquy, Dulciloquy, Exequy, Gastriloquy, Multiloquy, Obloquy, Obsequy, Pauciloquy, soliloquy, somniloquy, Stultiloquy, Suaviloquy, Ventriloquy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-o-o-p-q-r-t-u-y" | |
-3 letters: coprolite, eurytopic. | |
-4 letters: coquetry, croupily, cryolite, epicotyl, leprotic, lipocyte, locutory, outprice, petrolic, polyuric, poultice. | |
-5 letters: cliquey, cloture, clouter, coopery, copilot, coquito, couloir, coulter, coupler, couplet, courtly, croquet, cruelty, culprit, cuprite, cutlery, loopier, octuple, octuply, outcrop, outlier, outyelp, peloric, picquet, picture, piroque, poitrel, politer, polycot, portico, poulter, poultry, poutier, precool, protyle, pyloric, pyretic, quietly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 43 54 4F 52 49 4C 4F 51 55 59 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -.-. - --- .-. .. .-.. --- --.- ..- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 01001001 01001100 01001111 01010001 01010101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P E C T O R I L O Q U Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052 0049 004C 004F 0051 0055 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)503937544952434649515559 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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