or chiefly Brit  ae*goph*o*ny  n, pl  -nies  :  a modification of the voice resembling bleating heard on auscultation of the chest in some diseases (as in pleurisy with effusion) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  aegophony 
 
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