FLINT'S MURMUR
\flˈɪnts mˈɜːmə], \flˈɪnts mˈɜːmə], \f_l_ˈɪ_n_t_s m_ˈɜː_m_ə]\
Definitions of FLINT'S MURMUR
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A rumbling m., limited in area, presystolic, heard at the apex of the heart in some cases of aortic insufficiency; supposed to be caused by extreme dilatation of the ventricles in which the mitral segments remain in the blood current because during diastole they cannot be forced back against the wall. [Austin Flint, Amer]
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See under Flint.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.