pleural rub

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• pleural rub — pleural friction rub, pleuritic rub a rub produced by friction between the visceral and costal pleurae …   Medical dictionary

• rub — Friction encountered in moving one body in contact with another. friction r. SYN: friction sound. pericardial r., pericardial friction r. SYN: pericardial friction sound. pleural r. friction r …   Medical dictionary

• Pleural effusion — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D010996 Pleural effusion is excess fluid that accumulates in the pleural cavity, the fluid filled space that surrounds the lungs. Excessive amounts of such fluid can impair… …   Wikipedia

• Pleural friction rub — A pleural friction rub is a medical sign, audible via auscultation, that is used in the diagnosis of pleurisy and other conditions affecting the chest cavity …   Wikipedia

• pleural fremitus — a palpable vibration of the wall of the thorax due to a friction rub between the opposing surfaces of the pleura …   Medical dictionary

• Pericardial friction rub — A pericardial friction rub, also pericardial rub, is an audible medical sign used in the diagnosis of pericarditis. Upon auscultation, this sign is an extra heart sound of to and fro character, typically with three components, one systolic and… …   Wikipedia

• friction rub — an auscultatory sound caused by the rubbing together of two serous surfaces, as in a pericardial rub or pleural friction rub; called also rub …   Medical dictionary

• Pulmonary consolidation — Classification and external resources Pneumonia as seen on chest x ray. A: Normal chest x ray. B: Abnormal chest x ray with consolidation from pneumonia in the right lung, middle or inferior lobe (white area, left side of image) …   Wikipedia

• Rale — A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling) or wet (more sloshy) depending on the amount and density of fluid refluxing back and forth in the air passages. The word rale is a… …   Medical dictionary

• Consolidation (medicine) — Pneumonia as seen on chest x ray. A : Normal chest x ray. B : Abnormal chest x ray with consolidation from pneumonia in the right lung, middle or inferior lobe (white area, left side of image).Consolidation is a clinical term for solidification… …   Wikipedia

• Fremitus — is a palpable vibration on the human body. In common medical usage, it usually refers to (tactile) vocal fremitus, although there are several other types.Bronchial fremitusSee rhonchal fremitus below.Hepatic fremitusHepatic fremitus is a… …   Wikipedia