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double-shock sound (medicine) and Socotrine (iou)


double-shock sound (medicine)


double-shock sound -->
bruit de rappel


Applied by J. B. Bouillaud to describe the cadence of a split-second heart sound, or of the second sound followed by an opening snap or early third heart sound.

Synonym: double-shock sound.

Origin: Fr. Drum-beat


Socotrine (iou)



Socotrine adjective. Also socotrine. LME.
[from Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden + -INE5.]
Found in, originating from, or associated with Socotra. Chiefly in Socotrine aloes, bitter aloes from the aloe Aloe perryi found in Socotra.