Medical

auscultatory sign

A near-extinct term that dignifies one of the definitive signs of pregnancy: the foetal heartbeat.

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Abrahams sign
Pins syndrome

References in periodicals archive

* Pericardial rub, an auscultatory sign with one to three components per beat,

Update: cardiac-related events during the civilian smallpox vaccination program--United States, 2003

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