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Webster 1913 Edition
Rale
‖
Râle
(räl)
, Noun.
[F.
râle
. Cf. Rail
the bird.] (Med.)
An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See
Rhonchus
. ☞ 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.