Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, an abnormal sound heard on auscultation of the lungs, additional to and not merely a modification of the normal respiratory murmur.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See rhonchus.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘râle’.
-
Some Medical Terms
A list of terms and procedures encountered in the medical literature, beginning with enterectomy.
Many of these terms are archaic, or obsolete.
More medical terms can be found on...enterectomy, ethmoid, parhidrosis, parelectronomy, parectasis, dermatoxerasia, parazygosis, parepididymis, paraspasm, lymphadenopathy, necrosemiosis, necromimesis and 770 more...
-
The Other Side of Silence
A sound garden.
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. --Walt Whitmantin cry, chark, gride, scroop, crepitation, stridulation, swazzle, death-ruckle, cronk, rumble, borborygmus, crowling and 165 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for râle.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.