Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A palpable vibration, as felt by the hand placed on the chest during coughing or speaking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Palpable vibration or thrill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A vibration which is perceptible on
palpation orauscultation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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(Hemingius) fremitus cordis, ingens animae cruciatus, &c. 6809.
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Loss of vocal resonance, and fremitus; oegophony, tubular respiration over the root of the lung or at the upper limit of the dulness, and more or less extensive displacement of the heart.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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Dum haec geruntur, fremitus terribilis audítur; simul mónstrum horribilí specié procul cónspicitur.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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He also recognized that informatiom with regard to the contents of cavities in the lungs, and conditions of lung tissue might be obtained by placing the hand on the chest and noting the vibration, or fremitus, produced by the voice and the breath.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Complete obstruction of a bronchus followed by drowned lung adds absence of vocal resonance and vocal fremitus, thus often leading to an erroneous diagnosis of empyema.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Breath-sounds are diminished in the area of dullness, and vocal resonance and fremitus are impaired.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Vocal resonance and fremitus are but little altered.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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In thickened pleura vocal fremitus is not entirely absent, and the breath-sounds can usually be heard, even if diminished.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The most nearly characteristic physical signs are: (1) Limited expansion; (2) decreased vocal fremitus; (3) impaired percussion note; (4) diminished intensity of the breath-sounds distal to the foreign body.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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[4] Cum vērō pompa urbem intrāret, quantus hominum fremitus ortus est!
Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900
jay.dugger commented on the word fremitus
an angry murmur
April 4, 2008
jaime_d commented on the word fremitus
sensation felt by a hand placed on the body, feeling the vibration caused by speech
October 8, 2008
jaime_d commented on the word fremitus
From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010