Bit of catarrh on child producing wheezing sounds

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n. (plural of rhonchus English)

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Rhonchi are coarse rattling respiratory sounds , usually caused by secretions in bronchial airways. "Rhonchi" is the plural form of the singular word "rhonchus". Since the mid-1990s, it has no longer been considered appropriate terminology in auscultation ...

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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 equivalent ...