rhonchus noun. ['rɒŋkǝs] Also ronchus. Pl. -chi [-kʌɪ]. E19.
[Latin, from var. of Greek rhegkhos snoring.]
Medicine. An abnormal whistling or rasping sound produced by the passage of air through narrowed or partly blocked bronchi.

■ rhonchal adjective of or pertaining to a rhonchus; joc. of or pertaining to snoring: M19.

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