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placental souffle (medicine) and optician (iou)


placental souffle (medicine)


placental souffle -->
uterine souffle


A blowing sound, synchronous with the cardiac systole of the mother, heard on auscultation of the pregnant uterus.

Synonym: placental souffle.


optician (iou)



optician noun. L17.
[French opticien, from medieval Latin optica optics: see -ICIAN.]
An expert in or student of optics. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
A maker of or dealer in optical instruments; spec. a person who tests eyes and makes up and dispenses spectacles and corrective lenses. M18.
ophthalmic optician: see OPHTHALMIC adjective 2.
opticist noun (rare) an expert in or student of optics L19.