noun
ruttle
Ruttle (noun) means a rattling noise in the throat caused by trouble breathing.
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A rattling noise in the throat caused by trouble breathing.
"The most common cause of ruttles is acute viral bronchitis and, in young children, upper airway viral infection."
— Sotirios Fouzas et al, Clinical Usefulness of Breath Sounds (2018)
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Etymology
From Middle English rotelen, ratelen (“to make a rattling sound while breathing, flap”), from Middle Dutch rotelen (“to rattle, wheeze, drone”) or Middle Low German rōtelen, rātelen, rūtelen (“to groan, gasp, rattle”), from Old Saxon hrot, hrod (“snot, mucus”), from Proto-West Germanic *hroþ (“saliva, mucus, snot”), probably ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch reutelen (“to rattle”), German Rotz (“snot”).
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"ruttle" (noun) means a rattling noise in the throat caused by trouble breathing.
