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88Diagnostics - InquiryCode Term Chinese Definition/Description2.2.13 sleep talking 囈 語 talking in one’s sleep, the same as somniloquy2.2.14 manic raving 狂 言 mentally-deranged wild talk2.2.15 sighing 太 息 taking deep breaths with long, audible expiration2.2.16 sneezing 噴 嚏2.2.17 yawning 呵 欠sudden violent audible expulsion of breath when thenose is stimulatedinvoluntary intake of breath through the open mouth,usually as a reaction to fatigue2.2.18 panting 喘 促 rapid and difficult breathing2.2.19 wheezing dyspnea 喘 鳴 difficult breathing with a whistling sound2.2.20 phlegm rale 痰 鳴an abnormal breathing sound produced by thepresence of phlegm in the airways2.2.21 cough with dyspnea咳 逆 ;咳 逆 上 氣cough with counterflow of qi in the airways, alsoknown as cough with qi reflux2.2.22 borborigmus 腸 鳴2.2.23 splashing sound 振 水 音a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas inthe intestinessounds heard on succussion over a distendedstomach2.2.24 fecal qi 矢 氣 gas expelled from the anus, the same as flatus2.2.25 snoring 鼻 鼾 rough and noisy breathing while sleeping2.2.26 mouth odor 口 氣 smell emitted from the mouth2.2.27 fetid mouth odor 口 臭 bad smell from the mouth, the same as halitosis2.3.0 Inquiry 問 診2.3.1 inquiry 問 診one of the four diagnostic examinations, a way ofgaining information for diagnosis by asking the patientabout the complaint and the history of the illness2.3.2inquiry about coldand heat問 寒 熱asking the patient about sensations of heat and cold