pectoriloquy

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pectoriloquy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pectoriloquy \Pec`to*ril"o*quy\, n. [L. pectus, -oris, the
     breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.] (Med.)
     The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice,
     heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It
     usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural
     cavity.
     [1913 Webster]