rale in English dictionary

  • rale

    Meanings and definitions of "rale"

    • (medicine) An abnormal rattle or crackling sound heard in a stethoscope during breathing, caused by fluid in the lungs or the popping open of airways.
    • noun
      (medicine, 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.
    • noun
      a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"

    Synonyms of "rale" in English dictionary

    rattle, rattling, noise are the top synonyms of "rale" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rale

    • rale ( plural  rales)
    • rale (plural rales)

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