Clinical Diagnosis · Digestive System · Hard
Borborygmi
Meaning: Rumbling or gurgling sounds made by gas and fluid moving through the intestines.
In practice: Loud borborygmi were heard on auscultation in the patient with early bowel obstruction.
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