(v. i.) A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.
(v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.
(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.
(v. i.) To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; -- often with at or against.
(v. t.) To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sounds were loudest along the left sternal border, exhibited an increase in intensity during inspiration and were associated with right atrial gallop sounds and with murmurs of tricuspid regurgitation.
(2) Based on initial auscultatory findings, patients were divided into: (1) single or multiple apical systolic clicks with no murmur (n = 99); (2) single or multiple apical systolic clicks and a late systolic murmur (n = 129); and (3) single or multiple apical clicks and an apical pansystolic murmur or murmur beginning in the first half of systole (n = 63).
(3) In the reported case the murmur grew in the beginning and then disappeared spontaneously.
(4) The following factors of these patients were analyzed: age, sex, civil status, socio-economic level, occupation, family antecedents, personal antecedents, smoking, alcoholism, presence of cardiac murmurs, arrhythmias, and electrocardiogram.
(5) The clinical history of recurrent bronchitis and dyspnoea during exercise, the presence of right parasternal murmur with normal heart size and normal blood gases justified the execution of an arteriovenous thoracic angiography which revealed the presence of a cirsoid aneurysm supplied by the internal and external mammary arteries.
(6) We report a case of a 17 year old boy who was referred for evaluation of a large anterior mediastinal mass, causing dyspnea and cough and resulting in a harsh systolic murmur.
(7) Although the continuous murmur is an unusual sign in patients with pulmonary embolism, its auscultation is often quite distinctive, and its appearance may lead to more definitive diagnostic studies when the presentation or associated clinical findings are nonspecific.
(8) The patient was asymptomatic and a heart murmur and abnormal electrocardiogram were discovered incidentally.
(9) Thus, the murmur of MR derives its prognostic significance from integration of multiple clinical, radiographic and electrocardiographic characteristics.
(10) Patent ductus arteriosus murmurs developed in shielded patients at a later date, they required less vigorous treatment (ie, indomethacin), and they had shorter hospitalizations (74 v 85 days; P less than .05).
(11) Healthy women students who asked for oral contraceptives were carefully examined to ascertain whether they had a cardiac murmur.
(12) The clinical picture was relatively nonspecific, and 32% of the patients had no heart murmurs initially.
(13) Of the total 47 episodes, carditis was manifested by a significant murmur without previous RF or any known rheumatic heart disease in 40%; change in the character of a murmur under observation or the appearance of a new murmur in 15%; and acute pericarditis in 19%.
(14) Acoustic information about the place of articulation of a prevocalic nasal consonant is distributed over two distinct signal portions, the nasal murmur and the onset of the following vowel.
(15) A 59-year-old woman hospitalised because of dyspnea and a heart murmur in a context of pyrexia was found to have evidence of obstruction of the pulmonary arterial system, clearly defined by ultrasonography, catheterisation and angiography and Imatron scan.
(16) All murmurs contained dominant frequencies that varied with time.
(17) Immediately after the implantation of a temporary transvenous right ventricular pacemaker, a high-pitched systolic musical murmur was heard at the lower left sternal border.
(18) Six patients had no audible murmur; four had grade 1 to 2 innocent murmurs.
(19) We correlated the intensity and timing of murmur with maximal flow velocity, acceleration time and other parameters.
(20) The patient presented with severe angina pectoris and the main physical findings were absence of the closing click of the prosthetic valve and the presence of systolic and diastolic aortic murmurs.
Souffle
Definition:
(n.) A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
(n.) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.
Example Sentences:
(1) The second, of course, is the voyeuristic pleasure the camera takes in the delicacies: the shot of a spoon plunging through the soft, airy volume of a chocolate souffle, for example.
(2) In 1957, an inheritance from his wife enabled him to finance his debut feature, and to provide impetus to the French new wave by producing the first features by Rohmer, Rivette and Philippe de Broca, as well as being technical adviser on Godard's À Bout de Souffle (Breathless, 1960).
(3) There, the prince was shown how to prepare a lobster souffle and Kate was given instruction in the not-too-difficult creation of an amuse-bouche of foie gras on a toasted brioche.
(4) Prepare for brussel sprout ice cream and plum duff souffle with turkey sauce.
(5) Born near Paris, the son of a sculptor, Belmondo became an international art house star in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (A Bout de souffle, 1960), the defining film of the Nouvelle Vague.
(6) This gothic get-up may ramp up the fear factor, but still isn't as souffle-shrinking as Paul Hollywood 's face when your crispbread doesn't snap.
(7) He also raised eyebrows by telling French first lady Brigitte Macron: “You’re in such good shape … beautiful.” Later, he saw how the Eiffel Tower measures up to Trump Tower as he took the plunge into French cuisine from a menu including dover sole, spinach and Hollandaise; fillet of beef, brioche with foie, souffle potato, truffle sauce; warm strawberry with yoghurt sorbet; and hot chocolate souffle with chocolate ice cream (it was not clear whether Trump got his customary two scoops).
(8) And Ted Heath sent onion nut souffle, though he was too grand to submit it himself.
(9) His debut column, on how to perfect a crab and Gruyère souffle Christmas starter, should stand him in good stead with Smith, a Norwich City shareholder with whom he will be able to swap recipes and garner tips.
(10) The innocent heart murmur group defines five specific entities: the pulmonary systolic murmur, the vibratory systolic murmur, the supraclavicular systolic murmur, the mammary souffle, and the venous hum.
(11) A cardiac souffle had been present for 10 yr and precordial pain, cardiopalmus and effort dyspnoea for 5-6 yr. Familial association, ischaemic and pseudonecrotic ECG changes, and signs of left ventricle hypertrophy were noted.
(12) And the award for silliest outfit… Jason's alternative gongs Best comeback news Jean-Luc Godard isn't à bout de souffle yet.
(13) A systolic souffle could be heard above the bifurcation of the aorta.
(14) "I remember seeing À Bout de Souffle for the first time and loving the moment in the streets of Paris where passersby glanced at the camera.