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Webster 1913 Edition
Autophony
Au-toph′o-ny
,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)
- The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
- (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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