Rattle

(rat’ -I) [AS., hrcetelan, to rattle]. A rale. R., Death-, a gurgling sound ob-, served in dying persons, due to the pa age of the air through mucus in the trachea.:Rau, Proce of. The long proce at the junction of the handle with the neck of the malleus. Rauber’s Layer. A superficial stratum of flat cells occurring in the center of the embryonal spot at an early stage in the development of the blastodermic membranes. 547