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rale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rale has 1 sense
- rale(n = noun.event) rattle, rattling - a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" has particulars: crepitation rale
is a kind of noise
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rale, n. an abnormal rattling sound heard in the auscultation of unhealthy lungs.
Etymology
F f. r{acirc}ler to rattle
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