Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rale \R[^a]le\, n. [F. r[^a]le. Cf. {Rail} the bird.] (Med.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rale
n : a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with
a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders);
"the death rattle" [syn: {rattle}, {rattling}]
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