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Rhonchus
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Rhon′chus
,Noun.
pl.
Rhonchi
(#)
. [L., a snoring, a croaking.]
(Med.)
An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to râle in its widest sense. See
Râle
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rhonchus
rhonchus
English
Noun
rhonchus (plural rhonchi)
- (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 699:
- “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 699:
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References
- ↑ Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, vol. II (Leiden: Brill, 2010), 1278.