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Definition of Heart murmur

1. Noun. An abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves.

Medical Definition of Heart murmur

1. A finding on physical examination of the heart that can, in some cases, indicate the presence of cardiac disease. Murmurs result from vibrations set up in the bloodstream and the surrounding heart and great vessels as the result of turbulent flow. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heart Murmur

Literary usage of Heart murmur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1899)
"Report and Exhibition of a Case of "Musical" heart murmur IV. Report and Exhibition of an X-Ray Burn . . . V. Delayed Operations for Suppurative Forms ..."

2. The Medical News (1881)
"... injections such phenomena of putridity as are presented may be effectually dealt with.—London Merl. Record, Oct. 15, 1880. Remarkable Heart-murmur Heard ..."

3. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"The commonest type of heart murmur has a blowing quality, whence the old name of "bellows sound." The sound of the letter "f" prolonged is not unlike the ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"FOLK, in replying to the points raised during the discussion, said he was not prepared to deny that a chorda tendinea was not the cause of the heart-murmur, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"One other point must be considered before we speak of the nature of the heart murmur. In what proportion of the cases is there a history of rheumatism? ..."

6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(c) Physical Explanation of the Origin of heart murmur* Various theories have been advanced but the most generally accepted is that which attributes the ..."

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