Auscultatory
to examine by .
Historical Examples
Irregularities can be made out by the auscultatory method which can not be heard at the heart.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield
It is measured by noting the first sound audible over the brachial artery using the auscultatory method.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: Louis Marshall Warfield
verb
to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
v.
“to listen” (especially with a stethoscope), 1832, from Latin auscultatus, past participle of auscultare “to listen attentively to,” from aus-, from auris “ear” (see ear (n.1)); “the rest is doubtful” [OED]. Tucker suggests the second element is akin to clinere “to lean, bend.”
auscultate aus·cul·tate (ô’skəl-tāt’) or aus·cult (ô’skəlt)
v. aus·cul·tat·ed or aus·cul·ted, aus·cul·tat·ing or aus·cul·ting, aus·cul·tates or aus·cults
To examine by auscultation.
aus’cul·ta’tive adj.
aus·cul’ta·to’ry (ô-skŭl’tə-tôr’ē) adj.
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