| consonating rale | A resonant rale produced in a bronchial tube and heard through consolidated lung tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| crackling rale | Very fine sounds produced by fluid in very small airways in pneumonia or congestive heart failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crepitant rale | A fine bubbling or crackling sound produced by air mixing with very thin secretions in the smaller bronchial tubes. Synonym: vesicular rale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sibilant rale | A whistling sound caused by air moving through a viscid secretion narrowing the lumen of a bronchus. Synonym: whistling rale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Skoda's rale | A rale in a bronchus heard through an area of consolidated tissue in pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonorous rale | A cooing or snoring sound often produced by the vibration of a projecting mass of viscid secretion in a large bronchus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcrepitant rale | A very fine crepitant rale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry rale | A harsh or musical breath sound produced by a constriction in a bronchial tube or the presence of a viscid secretion narrowing the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |