SYSTOLIC MURMUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does systolic murmur mean? 

• SYSTOLIC MURMUR (noun)
  The noun SYSTOLIC MURMUR has 1 sense:

1. a murmur heard during systole

  Familiarity information: SYSTOLIC MURMUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYSTOLIC MURMUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A murmur heard during systole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("systolic murmur" is a kind of...):

cardiac murmur; heart murmur; murmur (an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms of anemia may include pallor of the skin and mucous membranes, shortness of breath, palpitations of the heart, soft systolic murmurs, lethargy, and fatigability.

(Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)