heart murmur

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noun

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

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Words nearby heart murmur

heart in the right place, have one's, heart is set on, heartland, heartless, heart-lung machine, heart murmur, heart not in it, Heart of Darkness, heart of gold, heart of palm, heart of stone

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How to use heart murmur in a sentence

He 'most cried to let me go, an' was for waivin' the heart murmur, but it seems I got a floatin' kidney, an' flat feet.
Cappy Ricks Retires|Peter B. Kyne
A doctor declared that a heart murmur made the necessary training quite impossible and I thanked God when I heard it.
The Red Redmaynes|Eden Phillpotts
A skilled physician will detect the faint sounds denoting a respiratory trouble or a "heart murmur" in the patients.
Memory|William Walker Atkinson
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."
The Children's Life of the Bee|Maurice Maeterlinck

The three men forming my Board said I had a well-marked heart murmur, and all three solemnly shook hands with me.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"|George Davidson