Egophony

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Egophony \E*goph"o*ny\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, goat + ? voice.] (Med.)
     The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the
     bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in
     certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with
     effusion.
     [1913 Webster]