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Rale

Rale Meaning & Definition
Rale Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rale?

[n] a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rale: rattle | rattling

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See Also | crepitation rale | noise

Rale In Webster's Dictionary

\R[^a]le\, n. [F. r[^a]le. Cf. {Rail} the bird.] (Med.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See {Rhonchus}. Note: Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists; differing in intensity, as loud and small; in quality, as moist, dry, clicking, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and pleural.

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