Souffle

(soo'fl). A blowing sound. See Murmur . S., Cardiac. See Heart-murmur. S., Fetal, an inconstant murmur heard during pregnancy, and supposed to be due to the compre ion of the umbilical cord. S., Funic or Funicular, a hi ing sound, synchronous with the fetal heart-sounds, heard over the abdomen of a pregnant woman. S., Splenic, a sound said to be audible over the spleen in cases of malaria, leukemia and biliary calculus. S., Umbilical. See S., Tunic. S., Uterine, the proper term for what was formerly called the Placental Souffle, a sound heard in the latter months of pregnancy, and caused by the entrance of blood into the dilated arteries of the uterus.