rale

American  

[ral, rahl] / ræl, rɑl /

noun

Pathology.

1. an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.

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rale British  

/ rɑːl /

noun

1. med an abnormal coarse crackling sound heard on auscultation of the chest, usually caused by the accumulation of fluid in the lungs

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Etymology

Origin of rale

1820–30; < French râle, derivative of râler to make a rattling sound in the throat; rail ³

Example Sentences

“It sounds like a pneumonia,” he might say, or “the wet rales of congestive heart failure.”

From The New Yorker

I’ve always had this rale—never ask anybody in that kind of situation; they will tell you what they want you to know.

From Literature

"The regent rales until the king is of age."

From Literature

Many of them were delicious in the rale; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.

From Literature

It must be gone through," said Flan Sucker,—"because them sentiments is the rale Dimmocracy, and we want to hear them.

From Project Gutenberg