rale

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|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.

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