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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
rale n 1: 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, rale] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Rale \R[^a]le\ (r[aum]l), n. [F. r[^a]le. Cf. Rail the bird.] (Med.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus. [1913 Webster] Note: Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists; differing in intensity, as loud and small; in quality, as moist, dry, clicking, whistling, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and pleural. [1913 Webster] | ||
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