rhonchus

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WOTD - 16 November 2009

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From Latin rhonchus, from an unattested variant of Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhenkhos, “snoring”).

rhonchus (plural rhonchi)

(medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 699:
  
  “You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.

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