What is "pectoriloquy"

Pectoriloquy \Pec`to*ril"o*quy\, n. [L. pectus, -oris, the breast + loqui to speak: cf. F. pectoriloquie.] (Med.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.

n. (context pathology English) An increased resonance, or a distinctly articulated voice, heard during auscultation

Pectoriloquy is the increased resonance of the voice through the lung structures, so that it is clearly audible using a stethoscope on the chest. It usually indicates consolidation of the underlying lung parenchyma.

Types include egophony and bronchophony.