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BRONCHOVESICULAR BREATH SOUNDS [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A sound intermediate between vesicular and bronchial breathing, normally heard at the manubrium sterni and in the upper interscapular region. In other parts of the lung, bronchovesicular breathing indicates a small degree of pulmonary consolidation or compression.

OBS

bronchovesicular breathing: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Sifflement laryngé modérément atténué qui lui donne un caractère auscultatoire intermédiaire entre le bruit laryngé et le murmure vésiculaire. On l'entend en parasternal et entre les omoplates.

Spanish

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