bruit
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verb (used with object)
1.
to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed by about ): The report was bruited through the village.
noun
2.
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
3.
Archaic. rumor; report.
4.
Archaic. noise; din; clamor.
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World English Dictionary
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| —vb (usually foll by about) | |
| 1. | to report; rumour: it was bruited about that the king was dead |
| —n | |
| 2. | med an abnormal sound heard within the body during auscultation, esp a heart murmur |
| 3. | archaic |
| a. a rumour | |
| b. a loud outcry; clamour | |
| [C15: via French from Medieval Latin brūgītus, probably from Vulgar Latin bragere (unattested) to yell + Latin rugīre to roar] | |
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Word Origin & History
bruit
"to report," 1520s, from bruit (n.) "rumor, tiding" (mid-15c.), from Fr. bruit (n.), from bruire "to make noise, roar," of uncertain origin.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bruit bru·it (br&oomacr;'ē)
n.
A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard in auscultation.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Bruit definition
a rumour or report (Jer. 10:22, R.V. "rumour;" Nah. 3:19).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
For example, a loud whooshing sound called a bruit may be heard over the aorta or renal artery.
The doctor may hear a loud whooshing sound, called a bruit, when listening to the kidney area with a stethoscope.
Your doctor may hear something called a bruit when using a stethoscope to listen to your blood flow.
The doctor may hear an abnormal sound called a bruit when placing a stethoscope over the neck arteries.
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