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rale

Pronunciation: /ɹɑːl/

The English word “rale” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

From French râle (“groan”).

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