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