Rale (Noun)
Meaning
A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The patient's labored breathing resulted in a loud rale that echoed through the hospital room.
- The doctor used her stethoscope to listen to the rale in the patient's lungs, a symptom of the severe respiratory infection.
- As the patient struggled to breathe, the rale grew louder and more frequent, a worrisome sign of her deteriorating condition.
- The nurse carefully monitored the rale, aware that its presence was a warning sign of potential respiratory distress.
- In the final stages of his illness, the elderly man's breathing was marked by a persistent and unsettling rale that was a harbinger of his impending death.