Path. [F.] A murmuring or breathing sound.
1879. Webster, Suppl. s.v., The uterine souffle, a sound heard over the pregnant uterus.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 274. On auscultation, a systolic souffle transmitted from the adjacent aorta is sometimes heard.
1900. Lancet, 20 Jan., 164/1. The absence of the fœtal heart-sounds and of the uterine souffle is very important.
