RESPIRATION, JERKING
\ɹˌɛspɪɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɹˌɛspɪɹˈeɪʃən], \ɹ_ˌɛ_s_p_ɪ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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When the murmur of inspiration, in place of being continuous, is interrupted as by starts, it is called 'jerking.' It is a concomitant of incipient pleurisy, pleurodynia, spasmodic asthma, and tuberculosis of the lung with corresponding pleuritic adhesion. -Walshe.
By Robley Dunglison
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