bruit
C2CEFR level
93/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
An abnormal blowing or swishing sound heard over an artery, indicating turbulent flow.
A carotid bruit prompted duplex imaging that confirmed significant stenosis.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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