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French
Etymology
From retentir + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
retentissement m (plural retentissements)
- echo
- Synonym: écho
- (figuratively) repercussion(s), impact
1840, Jules Pelletan, Mémoires de l’Académie Royale de Médecine, page 220:A l’auscultation, on entend en avant un léger ronchus plus marqué à droite qu’à gauche ; en arrière , matité à droite depuis la fosse sus‐épineuse jusqu’à la base , râle crépitant souffle et retentissement ægophonique dans quelques points ; ces symptômes existent jusqu’à la base ; à gauche , sons normal , respiration puérile.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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