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Definition of Murmur

1. Verb. Speak softly or indistinctly. "Sam and Sue murmur"; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

2. Noun. A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech.

3. Verb. Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath. "She grumbles when she feels overworked"

4. Noun. A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant.

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

6. Noun. A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.

Definition of Murmur

1. n. A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

2. v. i. To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest.

3. v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.

Definition of Murmur

1. Noun. (countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart. ¹

3. Noun. A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive now rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent (term at) or (term against) someone or something. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Murmur

1. to speak unclearly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of 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 Murmur

murky murl murlain murlains murlan murlans murled murlier murliest murlin

murling murlins murls murly murmanite murmur (current term) murmur vowel murmuration murmurations murmured

murmurer murmurers murmuring murmuringly murmurings murmurous murmurously murmurs murnival murnivals

Literary usage of Murmur

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"THE GRAHAM-STEELL murmur IN MITRAL STENOSIS. BY EDWARD H. GOODMAN, MAJOR, ... In the 36 cases a diastolic murmur along the left border of the sternum was ..."

2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"As compensation becomes restored, the murmur again resumes its former ... For instance: A man has rheumatic fever, with a previously existing heart murmur. ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1863)
"It is determinable in individual cases, whether this murmur be organic or ... But if the murmur exist in a case in which the heart is nut enlarged ; if an ..."

4. The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"In this case the murmur is soft and blowing, either accompanying the first ... If of sufficient intensity, the murmur may be heard over the entire chest ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1899)
"The speaker described the position of the heart and the apex beat and general 'outline. There was a short rough murmur at the apex, terminating abruptly, ..."

6. Diseases of the Chest and the Principles of Physical Diagnosis by George William Norris, Henry Robert Murray Landis (1917)
"In the later stages of the disease, when the auricle becomes paralyzed and auricular fibrillation sets in, the murmur disappears. As the stenosis increases ..."

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