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fremitus

[frem-i-tuhs]

frem·i·tus

[frem-i-tuhs]
noun, plural -tus. Medicine/Medical.
palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.

Origin:
1810–20; < Neo-Latin, Latin: a roaring, murmuring, equivalent to fremi-, variant stem of fremere to roar, murmur + -tus suffix of v. action
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Fremitus is always a great word to know.
So is pollex. Does it mean:
the innermost digit of the forelimb; thumb.
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
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fremitus (ˈfrɛmɪtəs)
 
n , pl -tus
med a vibration felt by the hand when placed on a part of the body, esp the chest, when the patient is speaking or coughing
 
[C19: from Latin: a roaring sound, a humming, from fremere to make a low roaring, murmur]

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fremitus frem·i·tus (frěm'ĭ-təs)
n. pl. fremitus
A palpable vibration, as felt by the hand placed on the chest during coughing or speaking.

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