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rhonchus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 equivalent to r[^a]le in its widest sense See {R[^a]le}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rhonchus n : the rattling noise produced when snoring [syn: {snore}]
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