Found 2 items, similar to rale.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rale
rale
n : 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rale
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]