Definition of Auscoltation
Auscultation, discerning by the sound whether there is or is not
disease in the interior organs of the body.
- Wikipedia
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- listening
- (medicine) diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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