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| rale [ raal, ral ] (plural rales) or râle [ raal, ral ] (plural râles) |
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symptomatic chest sound: an intermittent crackling or bubbling sound produced by fluid in the air passages and air sacs of the lungs and heard through a stethoscope
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| [Early 19th century. < French râle< râler "make a rattling sound in the throat"] |
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