Medical term:
auscultator
auscultation
[aw″skul-ta´shun]listening for sounds produced within the body, chiefly to assess the condition of the thoracic or abdominal organs and vessels such as the heart, lungs, aorta, and intestines. Fetal heart tones can also be monitored during pregnancy by auscultation with a specialized stethoscope. It may be performed with the unaided ear (direct or immediate auscultation) or with a stethoscope (mediate auscultation). See also auscultatory sounds.
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aus·cul·ta·tion
(aws'kŭl-tā'shŭn),Listening to the sounds made by the various body structures as a diagnostic method.
[L. ausculto, pp. -atus, to listen to]
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auscultation
(ô′skəl-tā′shən)n.
1. The act of listening.
2. Medicine The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.
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auscultation
The act of auscultating.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
aus·cul·ta·tion
(aws'kŭl-tā'shŭn)Listening to the sounds made by various body structures and functions as a diagnostic method, usually with a stethoscope.
[L. auscultatio, fr. ausculto, pp. auscultatus, to listen, + -io, noun suffix]
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auscultation
The act of listening with a stethoscope to the sounds made by the heart, lungs, blood passing through narrowed vessels, the movement of fluid or gas in the abdomen, and so on. The doctor listens for changes in the normal sounds and for new (adventitious) sounds. Heart specialists become skilled in the interpretation of subtle sounds inaudible to the novice. From the Latin auscultare , to listen attentively.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Auscultation
The process of listening to sounds that are produced in the body. Direct auscultation uses the ear alone, such as when listening to the grating of a moving joint. Indirect auscultation involves the use of a stethoscope to amplify the sounds from within the body, like a heartbeat.
Mentioned in: Physical Examination
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bruit
A sound heard on auscultation of the heart, lungs, large arteries or veins, or any large cavity (e.g. the orbit). The auscultation is carried out with a stethoscope. Example: An occlusive disease of the carotid artery caused by atherosclerosis leads to a reduction in blood flow through the carotid arteries (and a concomitant reduction in blood flow through vessels of the eye and orbit). It gives rise to a swishing sound with the chest piece of the stethoscope on the neck over the carotid artery. See amaurosis fugax.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
aus·cul·ta·tion
(aws'kŭl-tā'shŭn)Listening to the sounds made by various body structures as a diagnostic method.
[L. auscultatio, fr. ausculto, pp. auscultatus, to listen, + -io, noun suffix]
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auscultatory
[aw-skul´tah-tor″e]pertaining to auscultation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
aus·cul·ta·to·ry
(aws-kŭl'tă-tō'rē),Relating to auscultation.
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aus·cul·ta·to·ry
(aws-kŭl'tă-tōr-ē)Relating to auscultation.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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