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sound
(sound)
the sensation resulting from stimulation of the ear by vibrations of air or some other elastic medium with a frequency between
20 and 20,000 Hz.
a noise, normal or abnormal, heard within the body; see also under bruit, fremitus, murmur, and rale.
a slender instrument to be introduced into body passages or cavities, especially for the dilatation of strictures or detection
of foreign bodies.
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