rhonchus
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/(UK)
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/ˈɹɒŋ.kəs/(UK) · /ˈɹɑŋ.kəs/(US)
Definition of rhonchus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
““You have poisoned yourself again!” Humfried emitted an alarming rhonchus.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rhonchus (“snoring”), from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos) (Caelius Aurelianus), of imitative origin.
Words you can make from rhonchus
95 playable · top: CHOUSH (14 pts)
Best play choush 14 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
31 words- HUNH 10 pts
- HUSH 10 pts
- CHON 9 pts
- COSH 9 pts
- OUCH 9 pts
- SUCH 9 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HORN 7 pts
- HOUR 7 pts
- HUNS 7 pts
- NOSH 7 pts
- RHOS 7 pts
- RHUS 7 pts
- RUSH 7 pts
- SHUN 7 pts
- CONS 6 pts
- CORN 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CURN 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- UNCO 6 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- RUNS 4 pts
- SORN 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- URNS 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- HUH 9 pts
- SHH 9 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- HUN 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- NOR 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
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