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rale

DEFINITIONS OF: rale

1

n a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Synonyms:
rattle, rattling
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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