rale
IPA: rˈeɪɫ
noun
- (medicine, now chiefly in the 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.
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Examples of "rale" in Sentences
- On auscultation of the lungs, the physician may hear inspiratory rales.
- This process leads to necrosis of respiratory tract which causes coughing, rale.