Meaning of AUSCULTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `oskul'teyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope) |
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| | See Also: | | diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, hearing, listening, percussion, pleximetry, succussion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Aus`cul*ta"tion\, n. [L. ausculcatio, fr.
auscultare to listen, fr. a dim. of auris, orig. ausis, ear.
See {Auricle}, and cf. {Scout}, n.]
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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This is a method of clinical examination by listening to sounds produced in the body. |
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