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Webster 1913 Edition

Auscultation

Ausˊcul-ta′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
ausculcatio
, fr.
auscultare
to listen, fr. a dim. of
auris
, orig.
ausis
, ear. See
Auricle
, and cf.
Scout
,
Noun.
]
1.
The act of listening or hearkening to.
Hickes.
2.
(Med.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Auscultation

AUSCULTA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. from antiq. ause, Gr. the ear, and cultus, from colo, to use or exercise.]
1.
The act of listening, or hearkening to.
2.
In medicine, a method of distinguishing diseases, particularly in the thorax, by observing the sounds in the part, generally by means of a tube applied to the surface.

Definition 2024

auscultation

auscultation

English

Noun

auscultation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural auscultations)

  1. (medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
    • 1973, David Hendin, Death as a Fact of Life, George J. McLeod, (1973), p. 22
      The movement was also responsible for the recognition of several new signs of death such as fixed, dilated pupils and auscultation of the heart.

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French

Noun

auscultation f ‎(plural auscultations)

  1. auscultation

Etymology

From Latin a listening, a heeding

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