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pleuritic rub


n.

A sound heard on auscultation that is produced by the rubbing together of the roughened surfaces of the costal and visceral pleurae.

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pleurapophysis, pleurectomy, pleurisy, pleurisy root, pleuritic, pleuritic rub, pleuritis, pleuro-, pleurocarpous, pleurocele, pleurocentesis
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