heart murmur

Meanings

nounheart murmur (countable and uncountable, plural heart murmurs)

countableuncountablemedicineA sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a physiological defect in the heart.

nounan abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

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cardiac murmurmurmur

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Chinese Mandarin 心臟雜音 /心脏杂音, 心雜音 /心杂音

心臟雜音 /心脏杂音 (xīnzàng záyīn)sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope
心雜音 /心杂音 (xīnzáyīn)sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

Finnish sydämen sivuääni

sydämen sivuäänisound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

French souffle cardiaque

souffle cardiaquesound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

German Herzgeräusch

Herzgeräuschsound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

Hungarian szívzörej

szívzörejsound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

Māori manawa wawaro

manawa wawarosound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

Swedish blåsljud

blåsljudsound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope

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APA

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Chicago

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