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

Vocal resonance and fremitus are but little altered.

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

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

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)

Loss of vocal resonance, and fremitus; œgophony, tubular respiration over the root of the lung or at the upper limit of the dulness, and more or less extensive displacement of the heart.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

In thickened pleura vocal fremitus is not entirely absent, and the breath-sounds can usually be heard, even if diminished.

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