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Definition of auscultation

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Auscultation (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.

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Pectoriloquy :: Pectoriloquy (n.) The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity..

Stethoscope :: Stethoscope (n.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax..

Bronchophony :: Bronchophony (n.) A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease..

Auscultation :: Auscultation (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.

Bruit :: Bruit (n.) An abnormal sound of several kinds, heard on auscultation..

Rhonchus :: Rhonchus (n.) An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to rale in its widest sense. See Rale.

Cardiometry :: Cardiometry (n.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation..

Auscultation :: Auscultation (n.) 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..

Auscultatory :: Auscultatory (a.) Of or pertaining to auscultation.

Auscultator :: Auscultator (n.) One who practices auscultation.

Auscultate :: Auscultate (v. i. & t.) To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient..