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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