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nounlistening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
Definition that contains auscultation
- auscultatory of or relating to auscultation
- crepitation rale the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure
- amphoric the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle
- auscultate examine by auscultation