rhonchus

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Definition of rhonchus in English English dictionary

A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes

You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.

{i} wheezing or snoring sound produced in the bronchial tubes

a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels

By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to râle in its widest sense

An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed

Hyphenation

rhon·chus

Etymology

() From Latin rhonchus, from an unattested variant of Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhenkhos, “snoring”).