crepitation rale

Definitions of crepitation rale
  1. noun
    the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure
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    type of:
    rale, rattle, rattling
    a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
    symptom
    (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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