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Webster 1913 Edition


Autophony

Au-toph′o-ny

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Noun.
[
Auto-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a sound.]
(Med.)
An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
Dunglison.

Definition 2024


autophony

autophony

English

Noun

autophony (uncountable)

  1. The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
  2. (medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
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