Râle
Râle (ral) , noun
[French râle. Compare Rail the bird.]
(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, whistling, and sonorous; and in origin, as tracheal, pulmonary, and pleural.
Also: Rale