rale

Other forms: rales

Definitions of rale
  1. noun
    a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
    synonyms: rattle, rattling
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    types:
    crepitation rale
    the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure
    type of:
    noise
    sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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