rale
Meaning
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.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹɑːl/
Etymology
From French râle (“groan”).
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