body sounds
Stomach growls, heartbeats
Body sounds are the noises produced by human physiology—heartbeats, breathing, digestion, joints cracking, stomach growling.
In medical contexts, body sounds are diagnostic: a doctor listens for heart murmurs or abnormal lung sounds.
The term also covers intentional sounds like burping, snoring, or flatulence: The kids were making body sounds and laughing hysterically.
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- heart poundingIntense cardiac sensation
- pulseArterial blood throb
- heavy breathingLoud, effortful respiration
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
gurgling · rumbling · stomach growl · growling · stomach · belly laugh · snoring · coughing · sneezing · hiccup · wheeze · gasp · sigh · death rattle · burp · yawn · swallow · gulp
- gross-out comedyfart joke, poop joke, poop jokes, pee jokes, diarrhea joke
body soundsambient noise
Ever-present environmental audio
white noise · traffic noise · nature sounds · digital audio · industrial noise
body soundsspeech
Oral communication ability
music · singing · verbal communication · spoken language · vocalization
body soundssilence
Total lack of sound
soundlessness · stillness · quiet · dead silence · hush
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