| pericardial fremitus | Vibration in the chest wall produced by the friction of opposing roughened surfaces of the pericardium. See: pericardial rub. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bronchial fremitus | Adventitious pulmonary sounds or voice sounds perceptible to the hand resting on the chest, as well as by the ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vocal fremitus | The vibration in the chest wall, felt on palpation, produced by the spoken voice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhonchal fremitus | Fremitus produced by vibrations from the passage of air in the bronchial tubes partially obstructed by mucous secretion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pleural fremitus | Vibration in the chest wall produced by a friction rub resulting from the rubbing together of the roughened inflamed opposing surfaces of the pleura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydatid fremitus | The peculiar trembling or vibratory sensation felt on palpation of a hydatid cyst. Synonym: Blatin's syndrome, hydatid fremitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subjective fremitus | Vibration felt within the chest by the patient himself, when humming with the mouth closed; or fremitus felt when there is a rough, pericardial or pleural friction rub, particularly when pain is minimal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tactile fremitus | Vibration felt with the hand on the chest during vocal fremitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tussive fremitus | A form of fremitus similar to the vocal, produced by a cough. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fremitus | <clinical sign> A tremor vibration in any part of the body that is detectable by palpation. (07 Apr 1998) |
| pericardial | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart. <physiology> Pericardial fluid, a serous fluid of a pale yellow colour contained in the pericardium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pericardial branch of phrenic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> One of the branches of phrenic nerve distributed to the pericardium and adjacent mediastial parietal pleura. Synonym: ramus pericardiacus nervi phrenici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericardial branch of thoracic aorta | Small branches of thoracic aorta distributed to the pericardium, in the region of the oblique pericardial sinus, and to posterior mediastinal lymph nodes. Synonym: rami pericardiaci aortae thoracicae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericardial cavity | The potential space between the parietal and the visceral layers of the serous pericardium, in the embryo, that part of the primary celom containing the heart; originally it is in open communication with the pericardioperitoneal cavity's and indirectly, through them, with the peritoneal part of the celom. Synonym: cavitas pericardialis, cavum pericardii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericardial cyst | <radiology> 90% on right, 25% symptomatic, Differential diagnosis: epicardial lymph node, fat (with or without steroids), Morgagni hernia (12 Dec 1998) |
| pericardial decompression | Incision into the pericardium or aspiration of fluid from pericardium to relieve pressure due to blood or other fluid in the pericardial sac. Synonym: pericardial decompression. (05 Mar 2000) |