See Also: Duroziez' murmur(medicine)
Duroziez' sign(medicine)
Duroziez, Paul(medicine)
Duroziez' disease(medicine)
Still's murmur(medicine)
nun's murmur(medicine)
Murmur(medicine)
Murmur(health)
murmur(1)(dictionary)
murmur(2)(dictionary)

raffish (iou) and Duroziez' murmur (medicine)


raffish (iou)



raffish adjective. E19.
[from RAFF noun1 + -ISH1.]
Vulgar, tawdry; disreputable, esp. attractively disreputable in appearance or behaviour; rakish.
Spectator A certain raffish elegance. A. T. Ellis A horse doctor, raffish and loud. J. Gathorne-Hardy A fairly raffish past with three husbands.
raffishly adverb L19.
raffishness noun M19.

Duroziez' murmur (medicine)


Duroziez' murmur


A two-phase murmur over peripheral arteries, especially the femoral artery, due to rapid ebb and flow of blood during aortic insufficiency.

Synonym: Duroziez' sign.