Auscultation Definition

ôskəl-tāshən
noun
A listening.
Webster's New World
A listening, often with the aid of a stethoscope, to sounds in the chest, abdomen, etc. so as to determine the condition of the heart, lungs, etc.
Webster's New World
The act of listening.
American Heritage Medicine
The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.
American Heritage Medicine

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

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Other Word Forms of Auscultation

Noun

Singular:
auscultation
Plural:
auscultations

Origin of Auscultation

  • Latin auscultātiō auscultātiōn- from auscultātus past participle of auscultāre to listen to ous- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin a listening, a heeding

    From Wiktionary

Auscultation Sentence Examples

  • This is the most important assessment and can be determined by auscultation with a stethoscope or palpation at the junction of the umbilical cord and skin.

  • In the case of Laennec himself this qualification takes nothing from his fame, for he studied so minutely the relations of post-mortem appearances to symptoms during life that, had he not discovered auscultation, his researches in morbid anatomy would have made him famous.

  • As a consequence there was little time for adequate auscultation and the intrapartum asphyxia rate was high.

  • Also includes an appendix of common questions and answers relating to intermittent auscultation.

  • Urinalysis, blood pressure and weight checks, fundal height measurement and fetal heart auscultation are performed routinely at each office visit.

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