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crackling rale

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rale (rahl) crackle; a discontinuous sound consisting of a series of short sounds, heard during inhalation.
amphoric rale  a coarse musical rale due to splashing of fluid in a cavity connected with a bronchus.
clicking rale  a small sound heard when inhaled air passes through secretions in smaller bronchi.
crackling rale  subcrepitant r.
crepitant rale  a sound like that made by rubbing hairs between the fingers, heard at the end of inhalation.
dry rale  a fine sound heard in interstitial lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
moist rale  a sound heard over fluid in the bronchial tubes.
subcrepitant rale  a fine moist rale heard over liquid in the smaller tubes.

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