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heart murmur

British

noun

an abnormal sound heard through a stethoscope over the region of the heart

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In 2018, during another hospital visit, doctors detected a heart murmur.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

But when Khorram’s husband took Mini the Maltese to get microchipped, the vet broke the news: The pup had a heart murmur.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

Others may have a slight heart murmur, he added.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

But he was rejected because of a heart murmur and a sunken chest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2018

And in the meantime let our heart murmur, if it will, "It is sad," but let our reason be content to add "So it must be."

From The Children's Life of the Bee by Maeterlinck, Maurice

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