OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23787

murmur

/ˈmɜː.mə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
soplo
The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
Since aortic diastolic pressure is higher than pulmonary artery systolic pressure, there is continuous flow into the pulmonary circulation, creating the characteristic continuous (…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 23788

murmur

/ˈmɜː.mə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
murmurar
To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
I couldn't hear the words; he just murmured a lot.
The bees murmured in the forest. The waves murmured on the shore.