heart murmur

British

noun

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

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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

Q: I was born in 1945 and was diagnosed as a baby with what at that time was called a heart murmur.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Others may have a slight heart murmur, he added.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

The research also showed pugs have a reduced risk of some conditions, including heart murmur, aggression and wounds.

From BBC • May 18, 2022

He thinks that it is rare to find, after a week, a heart murmur in a previously healthy heart, if the athlete has not passed the age of 30.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

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