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Definition of Auscultate
1. Verb. Examine by auscultation.
Generic synonyms: Examine, See
Derivative terms: Auscultation
Definition of Auscultate
1. v. i. & t. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
Definition of Auscultate
1. Verb. To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Auscultate
1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Medical Definition of Auscultate
1. To listen to the sounds made by the internal organs of the body for diagnostic purposes. For example, nurses and doctors auscultate the lungs and heart of a patient by using a stethoscope placed on the patient's chest. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Auscultate
Literary usage of Auscultate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Cure for Consumption by Its Own Virus: Illustrated by Numerous Cases by James Compton Burnett (1900)
"... I have never been able to see her to percuss and auscultate with the view of
ascertaining the physical state of her thoracic organs. ..."
2. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"Don't auscultate in a cold room. Don't auscultate over the clothing. ... Don't
auscultate with any silk material between the patient's skin and your ear. ..."
3. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"Inspect, palpate, and auscultate 'If accessible arteries and veins (pages ...
auscultate the lungs—front, sides, unl l«ck, determining the character of the ..."
4. Practical treatise on the diseases of children and infants at the breast by Eugène Bouchut (1855)
"It is necessary to use great precaution when it is wished to auscultate the chest
of young children. It should be examined during the state of calm and at ..."
5. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of ...edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1995)
"... auscultate the lungs as follows: A, Listen to posterior chest by asking the
participant B. Please breathe in and out through your mouth more deeply ..."
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