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Associations to the word «Rale»

Wiktionary

RALE, noun. (medicine) (now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.

Dictionary definition

RALE, noun. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle".

Wise words

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Alexander Pope