Unfortunately, most narrowed carotid arteries don't generate a bruit.
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It was a whole barricade of bruit, a colossus of clamour.
From the dailymail.co.uk
When you are secure in an opinion, don't bruit it about.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Amid this bruit of rotor blades, male barking, and bantam outthrusts of chest, Nasrah's hallucinations ended.
From the theatlantic.com
Furthermore, there was no bruit in his artery.
From the stltoday.com
Several studies have shown that starting preventive measures for stroke on the basis of screening for carotid bruit aren't useful, Aboyans said.
From the washingtonpost.com
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Rumor: tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
Bruit (or as French) is the term for the unusual sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction (called turbulent flow) in an artery when the sound is auscultated with the bell portion of a stethoscope.
To spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc
(bruited) to spread news, make noise
Sound produced by the blood flowing though a graft, fistula, or shunt.
[Jer.10:22; Nah.3: 19] Report; rumor, to noise abroad.
Noise and clamour, and by extension rumours and reports made public.