Category:Rale

Râle, n. Etym: [f. râle. Cf. Rail the bird.] (med.)

Defn: 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.