Auscultation

[,ɒ:skәl'teiʃәn]

Definition

(noun.) listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope).

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Definition

(n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.

(n.) An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

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Definition

n. the art of discovering the condition of the lungs and heart by applying the ear or the stethoscope to the part.—v.i. to examine by auscultation.—n. Auscultā′tor one who practises auscultation or an instrument for such: in Germany a title formerly given to one who had passed his first public examination in law and who was merely retained not yet employed or paid by government.—adj. Auscult′ātory relating to auscultation.

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