Path. [In sense 1, an alteration of TYMPANITES; So Pg. tymp-, Sp. timpanitis, It. timpanitide. In sense 2, f. TYMPAN-UM + -ITIS.]
1. = TYMPANITES.
1797. M. Baillie, Morb. Anat. (ed. 2), 205. When air is accumulated in very large quantity,… it forms a … disease called tympanitis…. The belly is extremely swelled, with a very tense feeling.
1876. Trans. Clinical Soc., IX. 103. Bowels still unrelieved…. The tympanitis has increased.
2. Inflammation of the lining membrane of the tympanum.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex.
1890. Billings, Med. Dict.
