rhonchus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑŋ.kəs/ Rhymes: -ɒŋkəs === Noun === rhonchus (plural rhonchi) (medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes. ==== Derived terms ==== rhonchial sibilant rhonchus ==== Translations ==== === References === == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔŋkʏs/ === Noun === rhonchus f (plural rhonchi, no diminutive) (medicine) rhonchus == Latin == === Alternative forms === roncus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring, stertorous breathing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰɔŋ.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔŋ.kus] === Noun === rhonchus m (genitive rhonchī); second declension a snoring (transferred senses): the croaking of a frog a sneering, sneer, jeer Synonym: illūsiō ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === stertō === References === “rhonchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press