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rhoncus

rhoncus is the alternative form of rhonchus.

Meaning of rhonchus

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

Forms of rhoncus

pluralrhonci

Questions about rhoncus

What is rhoncus the alternative form of?
Rhoncus is the alternative form of rhonchus.

Words near rhoncus in the dictionary

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

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