RHONCHUS (rhonchi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rhonchi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhonchus mean? 

• RHONCHUS (noun)
  The noun RHONCHUS has 1 sense:

1. a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels

  Familiarity information: RHONCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHONCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("rhonchus" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))