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• Murmur — A Murmur is an abnormal "whooshing" sound created by blood flow through heart valves, as well as flow through chamber narrowings or unusual connections seen with congenital heart disease. It is usually heard by the doctor while… …   Medical dictionary

• Murmur (DC Comics) — Not to be confused with the Alpha Flight character Murmur Murmur as he appears in Flash: Iron Heights. Art by Ethan Van Sciver. Publication information …   Wikipedia

• murmur — murmurer, n. murmurless, adj. murmurlessly, adv. /merr meuhr/, n. 1. a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices. 2. a mumbled or private expression of discontent. 3. Also called heart murmur. Med …   Universalium

• murmur — 1. noun /ˈmɜː(ɹ)ˌmə(ɹ)/ a) (countable) Low or indistinct sounds or speech. In the prison of the tween decks reigned a darkness pregnant with murmurs. The sentry at the entrance to the hatchway was supposed to prevent the prisoners from making a… …   Wiktionary

• murmur — n. a noise, heard with the aid of a stethoscope, that is generated by turbulent blood flow within the heart or blood vessels. Turbulent flow is produced by damaged valves, septal defects, narrowed arteries, or arteriovenous communications. Heart… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Heart murmur — For the French motion picture, see Murmur of the Heart. Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

• Austin Flint murmur — In cardiology, an Austin Flint murmur is a mid diastolic, low pitched rumbling murmur which is best heard at the cardiac apex. [cite journal |author=Flint A |title=On cardiac murmurs |year=1862 |journal=American Journal of the Medical Sciences,… …   Wikipedia

• Diastolic heart murmur — Auscultogram from normal and abnormal heart sounds Diastolic heart murmurs are heart murmurs heard during diastole.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Benign paediatric heart murmur — A benign pediatric heart murmur, also innocent heart murmur or innocent murmur, is an inconsequential sound that originates from the heart and/or cardiovascular system and is heard on cardiac auscultation. By definition, an innocent murmur is not …   Wikipedia

• ejection murmur — a type of systolic murmur occurring predominantly in midsystole, at the time of maximal ejection volume and blood flow velocity, such as that heard in aortic or pulmonary stenosis; it is due to ejection of blood into the root of the aorta or… …   Medical dictionary

• aortic murmur — n a heart murmur originating at the aortic valve * * * a sound generated by blood flowing through a diseased aorta or aortic valve …   Medical dictionary