dictionary help| pleuritic rub | medical dictionary |
A friction sound produced by the rubbing together of the roughened surfaces of the costal and visceral pleurae.
Origin: L. Pleuriticus, Gr., cf. F. Pleuretique.
(05 Mar 2000)
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