dry rale

dry rale
originally, a rale with a whistling or squeaking quality produced by the presence of viscid secretions in the bronchial tubes or by spastic contraction of the tube walls. Because it seemed contradictory to refer to such a rale as “dry,” the term is now more often used to describe fine crackles associated with many types of interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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