rattle, rattling, rale
(noun) a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); “the death rattle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rale (plural rales)
(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.
• crackles
• Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lare, lear, real
Source: Wiktionary
Râle, n. Etym: [F. râle. Cf. Rail the bird.] (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
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