crackling rale


rale

 [rahl] a discontinuous sound heard on auscultation, primarily during inhalation; called also crackle.crackling rale subcrepitant rale.crepitant rale a fine sound like that of rubbing a hair between the fingers or by particles of salt thrown on fire; heard at the end of inhalation. Called also crepitus.dry rale a fine sound associated with any of various interstitial lung diseases, such as fibrosis" >idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.moist rale one heard over fluid in the bronchial tubes.subcrepitant rale a fine moist rale heard over liquid in the smaller tubes; called also crackling rale.

crack·ling rale

(krak'ling), very fine sounds produced by fluid in small airways in pneumonia or congestive heart failure.