Meaning & use
Lubb
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The low-pitched first sound of a heartbeat, produced by the closing of the atrioventricular valves.
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The doctor described the heart sounds as 'lubb-dupp,' with the lubb occurring just before the pulse.
Students practicing auscultation learn to distinguish the lubb from the softer dupp that follows it.
A note on using this word
An onomatopoeic term used in medicine to represent the first of the two normal heart sounds heard through a stethoscope.
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