Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Auscultation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Auscultation \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
auscultation
n : listening to sounds within the body (usually with a
stethoscope)
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