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sibilant(dictionary)
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sibilant 2, noun(dictionary)
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sibilant rale(medicine)
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sibilant rale (medicine) and fuse (sh)


sibilant rale (medicine)


sibilant rale


A whistling sound caused by air moving through a viscid secretion narrowing the lumen of a bronchus.

Synonym: whistling rale.


fuse (sh)




In electrical engineering, a safety device that protects electric circuits from the effects of excessive electric currents.

A fuse commonly consists of a current-conducting strip or wire of easily fusible metal; whenever the circuit is made to carry a current larger than that for which it is intended, the strip melts to interrupt it.