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Rale Moderate

Rale has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

"the death rattle"

2

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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noise
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Rhyming Words
ale gale dale bale pale tale cale kale hale sale nale yale vale zale swale orale teale peale whale guale
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