rales vs wheeze

rales

noun
  • Abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound heard from the lungs, often audible only with a stethoscope. 

wheeze

noun
  • A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. 

  • An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. 

  • Something very humorous or laughable. 

  • An ulterior scheme or plan. 

  • A sound that resembles a human wheezing. 

verb
  • To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. 

  • To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing. 

  • To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing. 

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