Middle English Dictionary Entry
timpanītēs n.
Entry Info
| Forms | timpanītēs n. Also timpanite, timpanides. |
| Etymology | L tympanītēs & OF tympanites, timpanides; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. A disease in which the abdomen is distended by gas.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)405/31 : Þis maner dropesie hatte tympanytes, for if þe wombe is ismete it sowneþ as a tabour.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)282/11 : Þe iij [dropsy] is engendrid of greet wynd..& falliþ into þe holownes of þe wombe, & is clepidtympanites.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.163/19 : In aschite is gadred togider multitude of aquose materie. In tympanite..of spumose materie.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.164/9 : Sygnez of tympaniteez [Ch.(2): tympanydes]..if þe wombe be smyten it sowneþ as a busse ful of wynde.
- a1500 Macer (Sln 2527)182 : Tympanites [Stockh: Canel..wole represse þe spice of þe dropsie þe whiche is clepid tympana].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tympanites.