fremitus

American  

[frem-i-tuhs] / ˈfrɛm ɪ təs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

• fremitus
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fremitus
  plural

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

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fremitus

Vocal resonance and fremitus are but little altered.

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

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 George Henry Makins

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 Alexis Thomson

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 Chevalier Jackson

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 Chevalier Jackson