National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Pleural Friction Rub
Synonyms

Pleural Friction Rub

Pleural friction rub

Definitions

A low-pitch harsh, grating sound heard on auscultation of the lungs during inspiration and expiration that is caused by inflamed pleura layers rubbing together.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C191616

ALT_DEFINITION

An abnormal lung sound that is caused by inflammation of the pleural layer of the lungs rubbing together. Pleural friction rub is heard on inspiration and expiration and sounds like a low-pitch harsh/grating noise.

code

C191616

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C191200

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C191402

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C191671

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C191385

Contributing_Source

ACC/AHA

DEFINITION

A low-pitch harsh, grating sound heard on auscultation of the lungs during inspiration and expiration that is caused by inflamed pleura layers rubbing together.

FULL_SYN

Pleural Friction Rub

Pleural friction rub

label

Pleural Friction Rub

Preferred_Name

Pleural Friction Rub

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C191616

Semantic_Type

Sign or Symptom

UMLS_CUI

C0032230

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85403

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