Abnormal breathing sound (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RALE

{ Related Clues }

Rattle
Rhonchus
Anagram for real
Auscultatory sound
Breathing noise
Breathing sound
Bronchial sound
Chest murmur
Chest rattle
Chest sound
Lung sound
Rattling noise
Relative of a wheeze
Respiratory problem
Respiratory sound
Rhonchus's cousin
Rough breathing
Smoker's sound
Subject of "Carabasset"
Throat rattle
Wheeze's cousin
Wheezing sound
Famed Jesuit lexicographer
Famed missionary in Maine
Harsh breathing sound
Harsh chest sound
Kin of rhoncus in the bronchus
Noted Jesuit lexicographer
Rattling chest sound
French Jesuit missionary-lexicographer
Sound heard through a stethoscope

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer RALE is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RALE as a noun:

1. (rattle, rattling, rale) = a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle"