See Also: Rale(medicine)
rale(dictionary)
dry rale(medicine)
atelectatic rale(medicine)
mucous rale(medicine)
palpable rale(medicine)
pleural rale(medicine)
sibilant rale(medicine)
sonorous rale(medicine)
subcrepitant rale(medicine)

rale (iou)



rale noun. [r¨»:l] Also rale. E19.
[French rale, from raler rattle in the throat, of unkn. origin.]
Medicine. An abnormal coarse crackling sound heard in a stethoscope during breathing, caused by opening of air-sacs or bubbling of air through fluid in the lungs. Cf. CREPITATION.