whistling rhonchus

whistling rhonchus
wheeze (def. 1).

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  • Rhonchus — Rhon chus, n.; 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rhonchus — An added sound with a musical pitch occurring during inspiration or expiration, heard on auscultation of the chest and caused by air passing through bronchi that are narrowed by inflammation, spasm of smooth muscle, or presence of mucus in the …   Medical dictionary

  • rhonchus — noun (plural rhonchi) Etymology: Late Greek, from rhenchein to snore, wheeze; probably akin to Old Irish sreinnid he snores Date: 1829 a whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partly obstructed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • whistling — Synonyms and related words: acute, argute, assibilation, buzz, creaky, ear piercing, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, howling, hush, hushing, keen, keening, lisp, penetrating,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • rhonchus —   n. whistling sound heard in auscultation.    ♦ rhonchial, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • rhonchus — noun a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels • Hypernyms: ↑noise …   Useful english dictionary

  • wheeze — 1. To breathe with difficulty and noisily. 2. A whistling, squeaking, musical, or puffing sound made on exhalation by air passing through the fauces, glottis, or narrowed tracheobronchial airways. [A.S. hwesan] asthmatoid w. a puffing or musical… …   Medical dictionary

  • Rhonchi — Rhonchus Rhon chus, n.; 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rale — A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling) or wet (more sloshy) depending on the amount and density of fluid refluxing back and forth in the air passages. The word rale is a… …   Medical dictionary

  • sibilant — Hissing or whistling in character; denoting a form of rhonchus. [L. sibilans ( ant ), pres. p. of sibilo, to hiss] * * * sib·i·lant sib ə lənt adj having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or sh in sash… …   Medical dictionary

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