Hodgkin-Key murmur


Hodg·kin-Key mur·mur

(hoj'kin kē), a musical diastolic murmur associated with retroversion of an aortic cusp; often very loud.

Hodgkin,

Thomas, English physician, 1798-1866. Hodgkin disease - malignant neoplasm of lymphoid cells of uncertain origin, associated with inflammatory infiltration of lymphocytes and eosinophilic leukocytes and fibrosis. Synonym(s): lymphadenomaHodgkin-Key murmur - a musical diastolic murmur.Hodgkin sarcomanon-Hodgkin lymphoma - a lymphoma other than Hodgkin disease.

Key,

Charles Aston, English cardiologist and surgeon, 1793-1849. Hodgkin-Key murmur - see under Hodgkin, Thomas