Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pulsation of the chest-walls over the apex of the heart.
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Examples
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The chest was thin and the lower ribs were everted; dulness began at the lower border of the 3d cartilage, and the apex-beat was best felt in the third space.
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were everted; dulness began at the lower border of the 3d cartilage, and the apex-beat was best felt in the third space.
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