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auscultation

/aw-skuhl-tey-shuhn/US // ˌɔ skəlˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃən) //

听诊,闻,闻声,闻听

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.

Examples

  • In conducting the auscultation the female must recline, and keep as still as possible, breathing low.

  • Auscultation also becomes more positive, the sounds being louder and more easily ascertained.

  • Ballotment and Auscultation both, now afford unmistakeable evidences as to the condition of the patient.

  • Careful auscultation, however, detected a very feeble and intermittent sound in the cardiac region.

  • The heart is often dilated, and on auscultation the systolic murmurs associated with that condition are heard.