rale
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rale
- /ɹɑːl/ UK
- /ɹɑl/ US
- /ɹæl/ US
- /ɹeɪl/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːl, -æl, -eɪl
Where it comes from
From French râle (“groan”).
noun rales · râle
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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.
Michael Colot, aged fifteen days, of a strong constitution, not having been sick from the time of birth, was, on the 22nd of November, taken with a violent cough, accompanied with a rale which could be heard without recourse to auscultation.
Similar: crackles
Translations
Every language
noun abnormal sound made by lungs and heard with a stethoscope
| Español | crepitante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 囉音 raon |
| 中文 | 囉音 /啰音 luōyīn |
| Português | rala |
| Français | crépitants, râle |
| Deutsch | Rasselgeräusch |
| Italiano | rantolo |
| Русский | хрип xrip |
| العربية | كراكر |
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