Definition of auscultation Auscultation

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We found 7 definitions of auscultation from 6 different sources.

What does auscultation mean?

Noun Plural: auscultations
auscultation - listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
		listening, hearing the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
		diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis
		pleximetry, percussion the act of exploding a percussion cap

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auscultation (Noun)
Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.

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

auscultation
aws-kult-ā′shun, 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. [L. auscultāre, to listen.]