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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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Medical staff took blood tests and he was admitted for a blood transfusion to address low haemoglobin levels, as well as investigations into his 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

Did some stray glimpse of his own features, wearing a look never seen on them before, confront him from some near-by mirror that he started so guiltily as this heart murmur rose to his lips?

From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine

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