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Showing posts with label Bruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bruit. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Bruit

 
Bruit means noise and clamour, and by extension rumours and reports made public.
In particular it is the noise that can be heard when listening to a partially blocked artery through a stethoscope.
"My doctor was not impressed when he heard the bruit - hence my angiogram."