rale noun. [rɑ:l] Also râle. E19.
[French râle, from râler rattle in the throat, of unkn. origin.]
Medicine. An abnormal coarse crackling sound heard in a stethoscope during breathing, caused by opening of air-sacs or bubbling of air through fluid in the lungs. Cf. CREPITATION.

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