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auscultate

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aus·cul·tate (ôskl-tt) or aus·cult (ôsklt)
v.
To examine by auscultation.
auscul·tative adj.
aus·culta·tory (ô-sklt-tôr) adj.
auscultate
[ôs′kəltāt]
Etymology: L, auscultare, to listen
to practice auscultation, or to listen and interpret sounds produced within the body.
auscultate
to examine by auscultation.
auscultate
verb Physical examination To listen with a stethoscope to internal organs–heart, lungs, GI tract–for sounds of diagnostic portent


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