Tȳm'pa-nī'tēs, n.

n. [Lat. tympanites, from Gr. τυμπανίτης, from τύμπανον, a kettle-drum; Fr. tympanite, It. timpanite, Sp. timpanitis, Pg. tympanites, Pr. timpanistres. See TYMBAL.] (Med.) A flatulent distention of the belly; tympany.