| PTLA | pharyngeal tracheal lumen airway |
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| TB | Taussig-Bind [syndrome]; terabyte; term birth; terminal bronchiole; terminal bronchus; thromboxane B... |
| TD | tabes dorsalis; tardive dyskinesia; T-cell dependent; temporary disability; terminal device; tetanus... |
| trach | trachea, tracheal, tracheostomy |
| TS | Takayasu syndrome; Tay-Sachs; temperature sensitivity; temperature, skin; temporal stem; tensile str... |
| tracheal wall stripe | On a chest radiograph, the linear opacity between air in the trachea and in the right upper lobe. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| amphoric rale | Sound heard through the stethoscope associated with the movement of fluid in a lung cavity communicating with a bronchus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atelectatic rale | Transitory light crackling sound that disappears after deep breathing or coughing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bubbling rale | Moist sound heard through the stethoscope as a result of air entering portions of lung tissue containing exudate and thus creating bubbles; sometimes associated with resolving pneumonia or small lung cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rale | <medicine> An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus. Various kinds are distinguished by pathologists; differing in intensity, as loud and small; in quality, as moist, dry, clicking, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and pleural. Origin: F. Rale. Cf. Rail the bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palpable rale | A vibration that can be felt accompanying a low-pitched, hard, musical, or sonorous rale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vesicular 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) |
| cavernous rale | A resonating, bubbling sound caused by air entering a cavity partly filled with fluid. Synonym: cavernous rhonchus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metallic rale | A rale of metallic quality caused by resonance in a large cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gurgling rale | Coarse sound heard over large cavities or over trachea nearly filled with secretions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guttural rale | Sound heard over the lung but resulting from upper airway obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clicking rale | Short, sticking sound usually associated with opening of small bronchi on deep breathing, sometimes heard in early pulmonary tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| moist rale | A bubbling rale caused by air mixing with a fluid exudate in the bronchial tubes or a cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| whistling rale | A whistling sound caused by air moving through a viscid secretion narrowing the lumen of a bronchus. Synonym: whistling rale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mucous rale | A bubbling rale heard on auscultation over bronchial tubes containing mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |