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RALES
Noun
rales
plural of rale
Noun
rales pl (plural only)
(medicine) Abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound heard from the lungs, often audible only with a stethoscope.
Synonyms
(sound): rale, crackles
Anagrams
• Arels, LASER, Lares, Laser, Searl, arles, arsle, earls, lares, laser, lears, reals, saler, seral
Source: Wiktionary
RALE
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
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