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2sound

noun

Medical Definition of SOUND

1
:  a particular auditory impression <heart sounds heard by auscultation>
2
:  the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing
3
:  mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (as air) and is the objective cause of hearing

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