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rale

[ ral, rahl ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.


rale

/ °ùɑ˱ô /

noun

  1. med an abnormal coarse crackling sound heard on auscultation of the chest, usually caused by the accumulation of fluid in the lungs
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rale1

1820–30; < French °ùâ±ô±ð, derivative of °ùâ±ô±ð°ù to make a rattling sound in the throat; rail 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rale1

C19: from French °ùâ±ô±ð , from °ùâ±ô±ð°ù to breathe with a rattling sound; compare rail ³
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For my preceptor, similarly, those wet rales were as recognizable as a familiar jingle.

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Quick “picking up†was probably the number one survival rale when I’d been out there in the streets as a hustler.

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"The regent rales until the king is of age."

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Many of them were delicious in the rale; one of them was the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm.

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It must be gone through," said Flan Sucker,—"because them sentiments is the rale Dimmocracy, and we want to hear them.

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