fremitus

[ frem-i-tuhs ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural frem·i·tus.

1. palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.

fremitus

/ ˈfrɛmɪtəs /

noun

1. med a vibration felt by the hand when placed on a part of the body, esp the chest, when the patient is speaking or coughing

Word History and Origins

Origin of fremitus¹

1810–20; < New Latin, Latin: a roaring, murmuring, equivalent to fremi-, variant stem of fremere to roar, murmur + -tus suffix of v. action

Word History and Origins

Origin of fremitus¹

C19: from Latin: a roaring sound, a humming, from fremere to make a low roaring, murmur

Example Sentences

In cœloque Deum sedes et templa locarunt, Per cœlum volvi quia nox et luna videtur, Luna, dies, et nox et noctis signa severa, Noctivagaeque faces cœli, flammaeque volantes, Nubila, sol, imbres, nix, ventei, fulmina, grando, Et rapidei fremitus, et murmura magna minarum.—v.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also, in the same style, these rough and graphic lines, exemplifying the impetuous force which the older Roman poets impart to their descriptions by the figure of speech called 'asyndeton,'— Armamentum stridor, flictus navium, Strepitus fremitus clamor tonitruum et rudentum sibilus29.

From Project Gutenberg

Fremitus, frem′i-tus, n. a palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.

From Project Gutenberg

Auenbrugger says that when a cavity has been located by means of percussion, if the hand be laid over the place beneath which it lies and the patient is asked to cough, the fremitus produced by the pus in the cavity can be felt as it moves under the coughing impulse.

From Project Gutenberg

In caeloque deum sedes et templa locarunt, per caelum volvi quia nox et luna videtur, luna dies et nox et noctis signa severa 5 noctivagaeque faces caeli flammaeque volantes, nubila sol imbres nix venti fulmina grando et rapidi fremitus et murmura magna minarum.

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