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A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

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  1. n. A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.
  2. n. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
  3. 1. (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller. 2. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness. "Thine 's a tympany of sense." Dryden. A plethoric a tautologic tympany of sentence. De Quincey.
  4. A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. Fuller.
  5. n. A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites. n. Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.