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Etymology: ME, ratelen

an abnormal sound heard by auscultation of the lungs in some forms of pulmonary disease. It consists of a coarse vibration more intense than a crackle, very much like a rhonchus, caused by the movement of moisture and the separation of the walls of small air passages during respiration.

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Ethnomedicine A device used in Navajo and other Native American tribes to keep the rhythm during healing rituals
Medspeak See Death rattle
Paediatrics A noisemaking toy shaken by infants

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