fetal souffle

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fetal souffle

A blowing murmur, synchronous with the fetal heartbeat, sometimes only systolic and sometimes continuous, heard on auscultation over the pregnant uterus. Also called funic souffle.

souffle

a soft, blowing auscultatory sound.

cardiac souffle

any heart murmur of a blowing quality.

fetal souffle

a murmur sometimes heard over the pregnant uterus, supposed to be due to compression of the umbilical cord.

funic souffle, funicular souffle

a hissing souffle synchronous with fetal heart sounds, probably from the umbilical cord.

placental souffle

a souffle supposed to be produced by the blood current in the placenta; called also placental bruit.

uterine souffle

a sound made by the blood within the arteries of the gravid uterus.

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