bruit de galop


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gal·lop

(gal'ŏp),
A triple cadence to the heart sounds; due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds, and usually indicative of serious disease.
Synonym(s): bruit de galop, cantering rhythm, gallop rhythm, Traube bruit
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bruit de galop

A retired French medical lexical import of uncertain value for a cardiac gallop heard by auscultation; it is not used in the working medical parlance.
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