lung fields

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English

Noun

lung fields pl (plural only)

  1. The pleural apices and bases of lungs used to auscultate for the lung sound component of vital signs.
    • 2010, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Emergency Care and Transport of the Sick and Injured, 10th Edition, page 494
      You auscultate her lung sounds and hear scattered wheezing in all lung fields.