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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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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

Back then she was overweight with a heart murmur and had been waiting to find a new home for months.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2023

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

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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