Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal respiratory sound characterized by fine crackles.
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- noun medicine 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Órale is common pocho spanish in California and probably TX and AZ too.
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Going upstairs we met M. Huë, and Matthieu told him he arrested him; ... then, turning to my father, he said all that fury could suggest, and especially these words: "The générale is beaten, the cannon of warning is fired, the tocsin is sounding, the enemies are at Verdun, if they come we shall all perish, but you the first."
The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912
adoarns commented on the word rale
Also called a crackle, very nearly a plurale tantum. Sounds like rubbing your hair with your fingers very close to your ear. Often means some type of fluid build-up within the lung.
December 19, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word rale
Usage on crepitant.
February 11, 2009