rhonchus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels

WordNet

Rhon"chus noun
Etymology
L., a snoring, a croaking.
Wordforms
plural Rhonchi
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to râle in its widest sense. See Râle.

Webster 1913