Rale

noun

/ɹɑːl/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.noun(now chiefly in plural) 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.

Synonyms

crackles crepitation rale subcrepitant crepitant crepitation crepitus resonance bruit crackle crepitance cronch crackling

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