The physician comments that a patient has abdominal borborygmi. The nurse knows that this term refers to:
a. Loud continual hum.
b. Peritoneal friction rub.
c. Hypoactive bowel sounds.
d. Hyperactive bowel sounds.
ANS: D
Borborygmi is the term used for hyperperistalsis when the person actually feels his or her stomach growling.
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