Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an abnormal sound of the heart, resembling the puffing of a small bellows.
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Examples
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An'desha hadn't quite realized until now how much sound the gryphons produced-like the constant click of talons on stone, the windlike bellows-sound of their breathing and the rustle of feathers.
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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An'desha hadn't quite realized until now how much sound the gryphons produced-like the constant click of talons on stone, the windlike bellows-sound of their breathing and the rustle of feathers.
Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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"You have found me," returned the thunder during a pause in the deep, rhythmic bellows-sound.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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The bellows-sound grew very loudthen stopped altogether.
The Dragons of Krynn Weis, Margaret 1994
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-- Heart hits as hard as a fist, -- _bellows-sound over mitral valves_ (professional terms you need not attend to).
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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A loud bellows-sound could be heard, which the man said had been audible since the time of reception of the injury.
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A loud bellows-sound could be heard, which the man said had been audible since the time of reception of the injury.
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