SIFFLEMENT MODULE
\sˈɪfə͡lmənt mˈɒdjuːl], \sˈɪfəlmənt mˈɒdjuːl], \s_ˈɪ_f_əl_m_ə_n_t m_ˈɒ_d_j_uː_l]\
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A kind of sound heard on auscultation, resembling, at times, the humming of certain insects. Various musical sounds, (F.) Bruits musicaux, are described from fancied resemblances :-as Bruit de piaulement, resembling the clucking of the hen ;-Bruit de jappement, resembling the barking or yelping of a young dog, &c. The sound is chiefly met with in those labour-ing under chlorosis.
By Robley Dunglison