rale has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Synonyms

rattle rattling

Examples

"the death rattle"

Related terms

noise crepitation_rale rattle

2
[ noun ] (medicine) the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure

Synonyms

crepitation_rale

Related terms

symptom rattle crackle

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