The Clue
Rough breathing (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RALE
Tags
Notes
The answer RALE is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
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Anagram for real
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Chest sound
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Respiratory sound
Rhonchus's cousin
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Wheeze's cousin
Wheeze's kin
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Abnormal respiratory sound
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Jesuit missionary-lexicographer
Kin of rhoncus in the bronchus
Noted Jesuit lexicographer
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French Jesuit missionary-lexicographer
Sound heard via a stethoscope
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"