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lung fields

lung fields noun: the pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs.

Noun

lung fields pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs.
    • You auscultate her lung sounds and hear scattered wheezing in all lung fields.2010, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Emergency Care and Transport of the Sick and Injured, 10th Edition, page 494

Questions about lung fields

What does lung fields mean?
Lung fields means the pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs.
What part of speech is lung fields?
Lung fields is a noun.

Words near lung fields in the dictionary

  1. lung capacities
  2. lung capacity
  3. lung dart
  4. lung darts
  5. lung fever
  6. lung fields
  7. lung lichen
  8. lung power
  9. Lung Shan
  10. lung sick
  11. lung sickness

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