auscultation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin auscultātio (“a listening, a heeding”)
Noun[edit]
auscultation (countable and uncountable; plural auscultations)
- (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.
- 1973, David Hendin, Death as a Fact of Life, George J. McLeod, (1973), p. 22
Translations[edit]
diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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See also[edit]
Auscultation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
