sonorous rale

sonorous rale definition - medical

son·o·rous rale (sŏnˈərˈəs, sə-nôr-)

noun
A cooing or snoring sound heard on auscultation, often produced by the vibration of a projecting mass of viscid secretion in a large bronchus.

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