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symptom

pectoriloquy

abnormal transmission of the patient's voice sounds through the chest wall so that they can be clearly heard through a stethoscope. Whispered sounds (whispering pectoriloquy) can be heard over the lung of a patient with pneumonia.

Source: mediLexicon corpus · slug pectoriloquy