Usually means: Coarse rattling respiratory sounds, mucus.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. rhonchi: Merriam-Webster
  2. rhonchi: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rhonchi: Wiktionary
  4. Rhonchi, rhonchi: Dictionary.com
  5. Rhonchi: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Rhonchi: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Rhonchi: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. rhonchi: FreeDictionary.org
  9. rhonchi: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. rhonchi: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. rhonchi: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  3. rhonchi: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rhonchus)

▸ noun:  (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
▸ Also see rhonchus


Opposite:
wheeze, clear breath sounds

Phrases:
sibilant rhonchi, more...

Adjectives:
sibilant, sonorous, coarse, scattered, expiratory, few, diffuse, pitched, dry, bilateral, loud

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Opposite:
wheeze, clear breath sounds

Phrases:
sibilant rhonchi, more...

Adjectives:
sibilant, sonorous, coarse, scattered, expiratory, few, diffuse, pitched, dry, bilateral, loud




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