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sound
In reference to:
1) the vibrations produced by a sounding body, transmitted by the air or other medium & perceived by the internal ear.
2) an elongated cylindrical curved instrument of metal:
- used for exploring the bladder or other cavities of the body
- for dilating strictures of the urethra, esophagus or other canal
- for calibrating the lumen of a body cavity
- for detecting the presence of foreign body in a body cavity
Related
acoustic trauma (sound wave trauma from explosion)
hearing; audition
noise
Specific
Korotkov sound
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.