About The Word Rale
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Rale
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Rale: 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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