flail chest

Questions

What does flail chest mean?

A severe injury of the rib cage where fragments of ribs become detached from the rest of the cage.

How to pronounce flail chest

1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “flail chest”.
2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
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