Found 2 items, similar to rhonchus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rhonchus
rhonchus
n : a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a
stethoscope during expiration as air passes through
obstructed channels
[also:
rhonchi (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rhonchus
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.
[1913 Webster]