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Rale
//ɹɑl// noun
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Noun
- 1 An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema. in-plural
"Michael Colot, aged fifteen days, of a strong constitution, not having been sick from the time of birth, was, on the 22nd of November, taken with a violent cough, accompanied with a rale which could be heard without recourse to auscultation."
- 2 a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders) wordnet
Etymology
From French râle (“groan”).
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