Definition of rale Rale

rale

We found 5 definitions of rale from 5 different sources.

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What does rale mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

rale - a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"
  rattle, rattling
  noise incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • rale (Noun)
    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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • rale (n.)
    An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • rale
    räl, n. (path.) an abnormal sound heard on auscultation of the lungs. [Fr.,—râler, to rattle—Low Ger. ratelen, to rattle.]

Part of speech

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  • rale, noun, singular of rales.

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