Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rhonchus"
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) 1.7 (wn)
rhonchus
n : a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a
stethoscope during expiration as air passes through
obstructed channels
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