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rhonchus

UK/ˈɹɒŋ.kəs//ˈɹɑŋ.kəs/

rhonchus noun: a dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.

Noun

rhonchus (plural rhonchi)

  1. A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
    • “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 699

rhonchus meaning in Tamil

rhonchus in Tamil

கீச்சுமூச்சு

Forms of rhonchus

pluralrhonchi

Origin of rhonchus

Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin.

Words formed from rhonchus

Questions about rhonchus

What does rhonchus mean?
Rhonchus means a dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
What is rhonchus in Tamil?
Rhonchus in Tamil is கீச்சுமூச்சு. See Rhonchus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rhonchus?
Rhonchus is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhonchus?
Rhonchus is pronounced /ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of rhonchus?
The plural of rhonchus is rhonchi.

Words near rhonchus in the dictionary

  1. rhonchal
  2. rhonchi
  3. rhonchial
  4. rhonchisonant
  5. rhonchopathy
  6. rhonchus
  7. rhonci
  8. rhoncus
  9. Rhonda
  10. Rhondda
  11. Rhondda Cynon Taf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhonchus (page history and authors); rhonchus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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