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PRONUNCIATION OF FRICTION RUB

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRICTION RUB

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Friction rub is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRICTION RUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of friction rub in the English dictionary

The definition of friction rub in the dictionary is the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRICTION RUB

fricassee
fricative
fricht
fricking
FRICS
friction
friction clutch
friction feed
friction layer
friction match
friction murmur
friction tape
friction welding
frictional
frictional electricity
frictional soil
frictional unemployment
frictionally
frictionless
frictionlessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRICTION RUB

back rub
body scrub
canegrub
cherub
drub
facial scrub
flowering shrub
grub
pub grub
rub
scrub
shrub
subshrub
the rub
the scrub
underscrub
undershrub
witchetty grub

Synonyms and antonyms of friction rub in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «friction rub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRICTION RUB

Find out the translation of friction rub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of friction rub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «friction rub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摩擦音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roce
570 millions of speakers

English

friction rub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर्षण रगड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احتكاك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трения руб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fricção esfregar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘর্ষণ ঘষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Frottement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggosok geseran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reibe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

摩擦音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마찰 마찰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gesekan rub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ma sát chà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உராய்வு தேய்த்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घर्षण रबरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sürtünme ovuşturmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfregamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tarcie rub
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тертя руб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

freca frecare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τριβής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wrywing vryf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

friktion gnugga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

friksjon gni
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of friction rub

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRICTION RUB»

The term «friction rub» is normally little used and occupies the 120.516 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRICTION RUB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about friction rub

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRICTION RUB»

Discover the use of friction rub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to friction rub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Portable Signs and Symptoms
Pericardial friction rub or murmur? Is the sound you hear a pericardial friction rub or a murmur? Here's how to tell. The classic pericardial friction rub has three sound components, which are related to the phases of the cardiac cycle. In some  ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
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Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds
Pericardial friction rubs may also be heard after a pericardiotomy and for a few hours to a few days after a myocardial infarction. Sound characteristics A pericardial friction rub is usually heard best, and is sometimes palpable, over the tricuspid ...
‎2009
3
Evaluating Heart and Breath Sounds
hearing pericardial friction rubs If you suspect that your patient has a pericardial friction rub, first have him lean forward to bring the heart closer to the chest wall. Alternatively, place him in a knee-chest position. Then, using the diaphragm of ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009
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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-surgical Nursing
NURSING ALERT A pericardial friction rub is diagnostic of pericarditis. It has a creaky or scratchy sound and is louder at the end of exhalation. Nurses should monitor for the pericardial friction rub by placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope ...
Suzanne C. O'Connell Smeltzer, Brenda G. Bare, Janice L. Hinkle, 2010
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Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis
Phases A three-component (triphasic) pericardial friction rub is pathognomonic for pericarditis (generally acute or subacute; rubs are absent in chronic, constrictive pericarditis). “Three-component” means that there are three sounds for each ...
Jane M. Orient, Joseph D. Sapira, 2010
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Critical Care Nursing: Synergy for Optimal Outcomes
If a pericardial friction rub is suspected, it can be best heard at the third intercostal space, left sternal border. Having the patient sit up, lean forward, and exhale can intensify the sound to make it easier to hear. It is important to distinguish ...
Roberta Kaplow, 2007
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Infectious Diseases
Although the triphasic friction rub is characteristic of acute pericarditis, lack of a rub does not preclude the diagnosis. In one study, 56% of patients with acute pericarditis had a three-component friction rub present on physical examination ( 28).
Sherwood L. Gorbach, John G. Bartlett, Neil R. Blacklow, 2004
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Nurse's Rapid Reference
Overview. A pericardial friction rub occurs when two inflamed layers of the pericardium slide over each other causing a scratching, grating, or crunching sound that ranges from faint to loud. A pericardial friction rub may be presystolic, systolic, ...
‎2008
9
Problem-oriented Medical Diagnosis
Pericardial Friction Rub I. The pericardial friction rub is a rough, scratchy sound, often quite changeable in character from day to day or even minute to minute, audible over the precordium in most cases of acute pericarditis but rarely in chronic ...
Henry Harold Friedman, 2001
10
Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds
PERICARDIAL FRICTION RUB Origin of the Pericardial Friction Rub A pericardial friction rub occurs when there is inflammation of the peri- cardial membrane, a relatively common occurrence after surgery and inflammatory diseases, such as ...
Steven Lehrer, M.D., 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRICTION RUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term friction rub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Summer ailments
CHAFING IS A COMMON SUMMER ELEMENT AND A FRICTION RUB LIKE A SUNBURN, AREA WHERE SKIN TOUCHES EACH OTHER ... «WJXT Jacksonville, Jul 15»
2
Doctoring for Dollars -- When Did We Take That Oath?
... point in my career, it became harder to keep abreast of these rules than to manage a potassium of 8 mEq/L and a pericardial friction rub. «Medscape, May 15»
3
Precautions during winter weather
... do is try to slowly warm yourself use some blankets use some warm water do not start that friction rub automatically that is not the way to fix it.” ... «KLFY, Jan 15»
4
ESC: Gout Drug Little Help in Heart Surgery
... chest pain, friction rub, pericardial effusion, and pleural effusion with evidence of systemic inflammation by C-reactive protein elevation. «MedPage Today, Aug 14»
5
The Little Friction of tUnE-yArDs
What defines tUnE-yArDs, she said, "is that little friction rub of maybe some horrible truths that coexist with joy and celebration of life." ... «East Bay Express, May 14»
6
Discerning STEMI Mimics in the Field
The pain may improve with leaning backward, and one may hear a friction rub, which is the sound of the pericardial irritation against a beating heart.16 In ... «JEMS.com, Dec 13»
7
How is Acute Pericarditis Diagnosed and Treated?
Most patients present with chest pain.4 A pericardial friction rub may or may not be heard (sensitivity 16% to 85%), but when present is nearly ... «The Hospitalist Online, Nov 12»
8
Kim K. on Kanye: You never know what the future holds
I'd jest that is from last night's friction rub as she practiced her oral technique, but it looks like a botox injection to me. The only way she could be ... «CNN, Apr 12»
9
Novice runner discovers her body's strengths and weaknesses
Bursitis is just a friction rub -- It's nothing more than that." She suggests I treat the area twice a day with a foam roller -- a cylinder you roll over ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 11»
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Brenau nursing hopefuls operate on computer-controlled simulated …
"I can listen to his lungs and hear congestion and a friction rub (a grating sound from the surface of the lungs)," she said. "That's helpful for me ... «Gainesville Times, Nov 08»

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