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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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Etymonline
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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Medical Dictionary
bruit bru·it (br&oomacr;'ē)
n.
A sound, especially an abnormal one, heard in auscultation.
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