pectoriloquy

English

Etymology

From Latin pectus, pectoris (“chest, breast”) + -loquy, from Latin loquor (“to speak”).

Noun

pectoriloquy (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation.
   • 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 184:

     Mucous rattle with large bubbles in the whole anterior part of the chest; kind of suspicious snoring in the right side; respiration loud on the back part, and pectoriloquy very strong in the region of the right scapula.

Derived terms

• pectoriloquial
• pectoriloquous