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murmur

[mur-mer] / ˈmɜr mər /




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If your doctor hears a murmur while listening to your heart, he or she will likely order an echocardiogram—an ultrasound of the heart that allows a doctor to diagnose the disease and determine care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Something you accept with a paper napkin under fluorescent lighting and a murmur of gratitude.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

In 2018, during another hospital visit, doctors detected a heart murmur.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

The murmur, though, appeared to come after the ball had passed Smith's bat.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

“I live in my children,” and he was silent, and then I heard him murmur my name and bent down.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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