A crackling sound in the lungs (heard through a stethoscope) caused by abnormal build-up of fluid.
(See also auscultation.)
(rale) n. a soft fine crackling sound heard in the lungs through the stethoscope. Crepitations are made either by air passages and alveoli (air sacs) opening up during inspiration or by air bubbling through fluid. They are not normally heard in healthy lungs.
Certain sounds which occur along with the breath sounds, as heard by AUSCULTATION, in various diseases of the LUNGS. They are signs of the presence of moist exudations in the lungs or in the bronchial tubes, are classi?ed as ?ne, medium, and coarse crepitations, and resemble the sound made by bursting bubbles of various sizes.... crepitations
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