Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A palpable vibration, as felt by the hand placed on the chest during coughing or speaking.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In medicine, palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
Wiktionary
- n. a vibration which is perceptible on palpation or auscultation
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Palpable vibration or thrill.
Etymologies
- Latin, a murmuring, from past participle of fremere, to murmur.
Examples
“(Hemingius) fremitus cordis, ingens animae cruciatus, &c. 6809.”
“Dum haec geruntur, fremitus terribilis audítur; simul mónstrum horribilí specié procul cónspicitur.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Vocal resonance and fremitus are but little altered.”
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
“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
“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
“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
“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
“[4] Cum vērō pompa urbem intrāret, quantus hominum fremitus ortus est!”
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jaime_d From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport Jan 18, 2010
jaime_d sensation felt by a hand placed on the body, feeling the vibration caused by speech Oct 7, 2008
jay.dugger an angry murmur Apr 4, 2008