auscultate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- auscultative adjective
- auscultator noun
- auscultatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of auscultate
First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from auscultation
Example Sentences
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I wanted to auscultate, but that was not an option.
From The Guardian
An old man with a failing heart couldn’t breathe but sneaked his hand up an intern’s skirt as she auscultated his chest.
From The Guardian
I have palpated cancer, seen the havoc it wreaks under a microscope, and auscultated the damage it inflicts on the body’s organs.
From New York Times
"Although patients think they are going to be suffocated during a paroxysm, the chest is normally resonant on percussion, and if it be auscultated as they draw in breath again vesicular breathing is heard everywhere."
From Project Gutenberg
In auscultating the heart I prefer the binaural stethoscope of the Ford pattern.
From Project Gutenberg
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