BREATHING 



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BREGMATO- ANTERIOR 



TABLE OF BREATH-SOUNDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. 



{Altered and enlarged from J. K. Fowler). 



Tubular. I. Inspira- H i g h e r than Laryngeal 



tion. I in bronchial whiffing. 



breathing. 



12, Expira- Higher. j Laryngeal 



tion. whiffing. 



or Distinct 



Variable. 



Equal to or Greater, 

 longer than" 

 inspiration. ! 



Over consolid- Lobar pneu- 

 ated areas. monia, pul- 



monary - tu« 

 ' berculosis. 



Breathing (breth'-ing) [AS., breetk"]. See Respiration. 

 B., Abdominal, breathing in which the abdominal 

 walls move decidedly and in which the diaphragm is 

 actively engaged. B., Diminished, is the reverse of 

 B. Exaggerated. The normal breath-sound is present, 

 but its intensity is much diminished. It is very fre- 

 quently heard at the apex in the early stage of pulmo- 

 nary tuberculosis. B., Exaggerated, is the normal 

 breath-sound of children, but when occurring in 

 adults, it indicates a compensatory action of one part 

 of the lungs for deficient action elsewhere. It is an 

 exaggerated degree of the normal vesicular breathing. 

 B., Interrupted, Wavy or Cogwheel, a broken or 

 interrupted inspirator}- sound produced by nervous- 

 ness, irregular contraction of the muscles of respira- 

 tion, or irregular expansion of the lung from disease. 

 B., Mouth, habitual respiration through the mouth. 

 B., Puerile. See B. , Exaggerated. B., Suppressed, 

 entire absence of breath-sounds, as in pleuritic effu- 

 sion and certain solid conditions of the lung. B., 

 Thoracic, respiration in which the thoracic walls are 

 actively moved. 



Bredsore (bred'-sor) [Vulgar]. A sore coming with- 

 out any visible cause; a whidow; also called 

 Breeder. 



Breech (brick) [ME., breech\ The buttocks. B. 

 Position. See Fetus, Position of. 



Breeches Splint. A splint that surrounds the leg ; 

 oftenest made of woven wire. 



Breed (bred) [AS., bredan, to nourish]. To beget, 

 produce ; to nurse ; to develop. 



Breeder (brid'-er). See Bredsore. 



Breeding-season (bre / -ding se f -zun) [AS., bredan, to 

 nourish]. The period during which certain species 

 of animals, especially the lower forms of vertebrates, 

 beget and rear their young. 



Breeze (brez). See Head-breeze and Static-breeze. 



Brefeld and Nagele's Method. See Fractional Cul- 

 tivation. 



Bregenin (breg / -en-in) [Low Ger. , bregen, brain], 

 C^H^NOj. A name given by Thudichum to a vis- 

 cous principle, soluble in and crystallizable from 

 alcohol, by means of which it has been extracted from 

 brain-tissue. It is fusible like a fat, but is miscible 

 with water. 



Bregma (breg / -mah) [3peyua, the sinciput: //., Bre~- 

 mata\ A term applied to the anterior fontanelle. 

 See Cranionietric Points. 



Bregmatic (breg-maP -ik) [^pb/fia, the sinciput]. Re- 

 lating to a bregma. 



Bregmato-anterior (breg / -mat-o-an-te / -re-or) [fiptyna, 

 the sinciput; anterius, front]. Having the bregma in 

 the anterior portion of the mother's pelvis ; applied 

 to the presentation in labor. 





