crepitation rale
- noun
- /ˌkrɛpɪˈteɪʃən reɪl/
- Specialized
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rale crepitante
- The physician detected a crepitation rale in the patient's left lung during the examination.
Examples
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Presence of a crepitation rale is often indicative of pneumonia or other respiratory conditions.
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After hearing a crepitation rale, the doctor ordered a chest X-ray for further investigation.
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The doctor noted a crepitation rale during the examination.
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Patients with pneumonia often exhibit crepitation rales.
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The physician detected a crepitation rale in the patient's left lung during the examination.
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After hearing a crepitation rale, the doctor ordered a chest X-ray for further investigation.
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Presence of a crepitation rale is often indicative of pneumonia or other respiratory conditions.
Synonyms
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A series of short, sharp popping sounds
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A soft rattling sound in the lungs when a person breathes
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A crackling sound in a joint that you can often hear or feel
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A sharp crackling sound made when things rub or snap
How Crackling
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The MWE's meaning is directly composed from 'crepitation' (a crackling sound) and 'rale' (an abnormal lung sound), yielding the straightforward notion of a crackling sound heard in the lungs. This noun+noun medical compound follows transparent compositional logic, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Crepitation rale comes from the words crepitation, meaning a small 'crackling', and rale, meaning a 'rattle'. Doctors say the lung noise sounds like tiny crackles or little bubbles popping, so hearing it can mean lung problems such as pneumonia.