phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony +
(Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone)
This phono-, phon- should not be confused with another phono-, phon- that means "slaughter, murder, homicide". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the Greek letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.
stethophone
1. An instrument designed to transmit stethoscopic sounds so that many people can hear them simultaneously.
2. A term proposed as a more accurate name for stethoscope.
stethophonometer
An instrument for measuring the intensity of auscultatory sounds.
symballophone
1. A stethoscope fitted with two chest pieces, allowing for a lateral comparison of sounds. Its use assists in locating a lesion in the chest by comparing the different sounds detected by the two chest pieces.
2. A special type of double stethoscope making possible the comparison of sounds and the detection of their directions.
symphonic
1. Of, pertaining to, or having the form or character of a symphony.
2. Possibly also applied to a shorthand sign denoting more than one sound.
symphonious
1. Being in a state of accord; in harmonious agreement or accord.
2. Harmonious in sound; as in "the symphonic hum of a million insects" or "symphonious of ten thousand harps".
symphonist
A composer of symphonies .
symphony
1. Music in parts, sung or played by a number of performers with pleasing effect; concerted or harmonious music.
2. An elaborate orchestral composition in three or more movements, originally developed from the operative overture, similar in form to a sonata, but usually of grander dimensions and broader style.
3. A concert by a symphony orchestra.
tanyphonia
A thin, weak voice that results from tension of the vocal muscles.
taphonomy
1. The study of the processes by which animal and plant remains become preserved as fossils.
2. The scientific study of fossilization.
3. The study of the processes; such as, burial, decay, and preservation which affect animal and plant remains as they become fossilized.
4. The study of the transformation of organic remains after death to form fossil and archaeological remains.
The study includes the processes that disturb and damage bones before, during, and after burial; such as, burial procedures, decay, and preservation. The focus is on an understanding of the processes resulting in the archaeological record.
tautophony, tautophonic
Repetition of the same (vocal) sound.
telecardiophone
A specially constructed stethoscope by means of which heart sounds can be heard by listeners at a distance from the patient.
telephone, telephoned
1. An apparatus for reproducing sound, especially that of the voice, at a great distance, by means of electricity; consisting, like the electric telegraph, of transmitting and receiving instruments connected by a line or wire which conveys the electric current.
2. An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
telephonic
Transmitting, or relating to the transmission of, sound to a distance.
telephonically
1. Of or relating to telephones.
2. Transmitted or conveyed by telephone.
telephoning
The act of using the telephone.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
linguo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
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