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FRICTION FREMITUS

\fɹˈɪkʃən fɹˈɛmɪtəs], \fɹˈɪkʃən fɹˈɛmɪtəs], \f_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n f_ɹ_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_t_ə_s]\

Definitions of FRICTION FREMITUS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Is perceptible to the hands in many cases of pleurisy, when the surfaces of the pleura have become roughened from deposition; as well as in rare cases of pericarditis.
See Fremitus- f. Sound, Bruit de frottement.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Thrill caused by the rubbing together of two dry surfaces.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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