Meaning

1 senses
  1. (in the plural)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.

    Rasselgeräusch

    хрипxrip

More definitions
  • a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
abnormal sound made by lungs and heard with a stethoscope:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
abnormal sound made by lungs and heard with a stethoscope:

Origin

From French râle (“groan”).

From French râle (“groan”).

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Forms

plural: rales
Singularrale
Pluralrales

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders):rattlerattling

Word family

4 related words

See also

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