Rhonchus Definition

rŏngkəs
rhonchi
noun
A rattling sound, somewhat like snoring heard on auscultation of the chest when there is a partial bronchial obstruction; dry rale.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rhonchus

Noun

Singular:
rhonchus
Plural:
rhonchi

Origin of Rhonchus

  • Latin a snoring from Greek rhonkhos variant of rhenkos, rhenkhos from rhenkein to snore

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

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