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noun
A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noise
History
Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
