Word: lub
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...report, all 14 patients who benefited from dixogen had a symptom called a third heart sound, an abnormal noise that occurs when the heart strikes the chest wall. The third heart sound, which Johnson says determines who should receive digitalis therapy, is an extra "dub" heard after the normal "lub-dub" sound that the heart makes when heard through a stethoscope...