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murmur, murmur
murmur (MUR muhr) (noun)
1. A low sound made when many people are talking, as in an auditorium: It was easy to hear the murmur of voices of the audience during the intermission in the theater.
2. A relatively quiet expression of an opinion or feeling: The conclusion of the speech by the senator brought a murmur of agreement.
3. A low, quiet, and continuous sound: While on the coast at night when Nathan went to bed, he could hear the murmur of the waves along the shore.
4. In medicine, an unusual heart sound that may indicate a problem with the heart's function or structure: Vincent's doctor detected a heart murmur during a routine physical examination.
murmur (MUR muhr) (verb)
1. To say something in a quiet and soft voice: Tony could hear his friend murmur something about having to get home.
2. To make a low, continuous sound: The breeze will murmur again tonight just as it has been doing for the last several nights.

An elderly man, with a slight hearing problem, went to get a medical examination and a few days afterward, his doctor saw him walking along the sidewalk with his arm around the waist of a beautiful young woman.

Five days later, the man had another appointment to see the doctor, at which time the doctor commented that his patient seemed to be doing very well.

The man replied by saying, "Yes, I feel great doctor. I did what you told me to do, get a hot mama and be cheerful."

The doctor corrected the man, "I didn't tell you that! I told you that you have a heart murmur and to be careful!"

Later, another patient heard the doctor murmur to the nurse, "That guy certainly has a very unusual heart murmur."

Word Entries containing the term: “murmur
regurgitant murmur (s) (noun), regurgitant murmurs (pl)
A heart murmur caused by the back flow of blood through the partly closed cusps of a defective valve.
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