fremitus

American  

[frem-i-tuhs] / ˈfrɛm ɪ təs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

plural

fremitus

1. palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.

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fremitus British  

/ ˈfrɛmɪtəs /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of fremitus

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

Example Sentences

Complete obstruction of a bronchus followed by drowned lung adds absence of vocal resonance and vocal fremitus, thus often leading to an erroneous diagnosis of empyema.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Qui dum spumosi fremitus et murmura rivi Quæritat, hamato sit cita præda cibo, Quam grave magnarum specimen dant ludicra rerum?

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)

Fluctuation is detected when the cyst approaches the surface, and it is then also that percussion may elicit the “hydatid thrill” or fremitus.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Breath-sounds are diminished in the area of dullness, and vocal resonance and fremitus are impaired.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Vocal resonance and fremitus are but little altered.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier