hyperresonant
C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Producing an abnormally loud, low-pitched percussion note that suggests trapped air in the chest.
The left hemithorax was hyperresonant to percussion, raising suspicion of a pneumothorax.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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