Az érdes alaplégzés légúti megbetegedések tünete, angolul általánosságban "raspy breathing". Precízebb meghatározáskor használatos még a "stertorous breathing" (stertorous respiration), ami magyarul tkp. hortyogó légzés. Angol definíció: harsh, noisy breathing.
A különféle légzési zörejek megnevezése és azok osztályozása található ezen az oldalon:
http://www.rnceus.com/resp/respabn.html

Példák:
"This triggers hoarseness, a barking cough, and loud, raspy breathing (stridor)."
"This cough is often worse at night, and it usually occurs with hoarseness and loud, raspy breathing."
"...mean temperature and abnormal breath sounds, and they were clinically sicker (....) and all had diffuse, raspy bronchovesicular breath sounds."
"Deep raspy sound: A blockage in the trachea (which is in the neck) makes a deep raspy sound during breathing."

"Common Causes of Stertorous breathing:
Chronic nasal obstruction
Foreign body
Retropharyngeal abscess
Asthma
Upper airway burns
Chronic bronchitis
Diphtheria
..."

A crepitant rale is a fine sound like that of rubbing a hair between the fingers or by particles of salt thrown on fire;

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rale