fremitus

[ frem-i-tuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural frem·i·tus.

fremitus

/ ˈfrɛmɪtəs /

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

1810–20; < New Latin, Latin: a roaring, murmuring, equivalent to fremi-, variant stem of fremere to roar, murmur + -tus suffix of v. action

C19: from Latin: a roaring sound, a humming, from fremere to make a low roaring, murmur

Fremitus, frem′i-tus, n. a palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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