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heart murmur

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During his next outpatient appointment on the morning of 19 November, medical staff noticed Archie was "very pale" and he had developed a heart murmur.

From BBC May 5, 2026

All of us in special PE had one physical challenge or another, some minor, like my heart murmur, and some more severe.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2023

Others may have a slight heart murmur, he added.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2022

But Josie Burko suffered from severe diabetes, a heart murmur and chronic bronchitis and worried her body would react badly.

From Seattle Times Sep. 16, 2021

But he can’t scare me out with flubdub about heart murmur, for I know the heart was murmuring, and the prospective Mrs. Tucker does, too.

From The Best Policy by Elliott Flower

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