BRUIT

Bruit

Bruit is the unusual sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction in an artery when the sound is auscultated with the bell portion of a stethoscope.

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bruit

Noun

  1. Rumour, talk, hearsay.
  2. An abnormal sound heard on auscultation.

Verb

  1. to spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.


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