Definitions for auscultation

auscultation aus·cul·ta·tion

Spelling: [aw-skuh l-tey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɔ skəlˈteɪ ʃən/

Auscultation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 995 anagrams from letters in auscultation (aacilnosttuu).

Definitions for auscultation

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.

Origin of auscultation

1625-35; Latin auscultātiōn- (stem of auscultātiō) a listening, attending to, equivalent to auscultāt(us) listened to (past participle of auscultāre; aus- (variant stem of auris ear) + -cultā

Examples for auscultation

Before making these applications attempts should be made by auscultation to locate the seat of disease or obstruction.

auscultation of the oesophagus will determine the locality of the arrest.

Percussion, auscultation, and exploration are also available methods.

On auscultation the second sound at the aortic cartilage is ringing, clear, and accentuated.

This difference is less manifest to the eye than to the ear in auscultation.

Laennec discovered one of the most important, perhaps, of all methods of medical diagnosis—that of auscultation.

Fluoroscopic examination has confirmed the findings on auscultation.

Percussion and auscultation discover consolidation at one apex or over larger areas of the lungs.

"auscultation will give us the clue," said he, and drew his stethoscope.

auscultation and percussion show that the internal organs are normal.

Word Value for auscultation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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