Rhon"chi*al (?), a. Med.

Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.

Rhonchial fremitus. [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring.] Med. A vibration of the chest wall that may be felt by the hand laid upon its surface. It is caused in the production of rhonchi in the bronchial tubes.

 

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