auscultation

Noun

Meaning

The act of listening or hearkening to.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

attention audience heard hearing hear ear listening listen percussion consultation audition auscultatory earshot stethoscope heeding
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Antonyms

deaf

Hypernyms

hearing listening diagnostic procedure diagnostic technique

Hyponyms

percussion succussion pleximetry

Related terms

auscultate auscult

Examples

Cammann also wrote a major treatise on diagnosis by auscultation, which the refined binaural stethoscope made possible. Source: Internet

Concurrent auscultation of the heart may reveal a gallop rhythm of the native heartbeat. Source: Internet

Diagnostics Examination of suspected infective endocarditis includes a detailed examination of the patient, complete history taking, and especially careful cardiac auscultation, various blood tests, ECG, cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography). Source: Internet

In TCM, the four diagnostic methods are: inspection, auscultation and olfaction, inquiring, and palpation. Source: Internet

The pulse deficit (difference between heart beats and pulsations at the periphery) is determined by simultaneous palpation at the radial artery and auscultation at the heart apex. Source: Internet

Joint noises may require auscultation with a stethoscope to detect. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

auscult auscultable auscultate auscultative auscultator auscultatory