auscultate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of auscultate
First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from auscultation
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I wanted to auscultate, but that was not an option.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020
It was therefore necessary to demolish, as we proceeded, a great part of the ship's inner skin and fittings, and to auscultate what remained, like a doctor sounding for a lung disease.
From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson
Paramón Paramónitch felt his pulse, looked at his tongue, interrogated him after a fashion, and finally announced that it was indispensably necessary to "auscultate" him.
From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Isabel Florence Hapgood
"I wish you to auscultate me," he said, addressing the doctor who entered the room.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by John Roussel
Nevertheless, they gave advice, got on the moral hobby again, and had the assurance to auscultate.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
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 ● Jul. 9, 2015
But imagine the awful temptation of having your heart auscultated.
From Doctor and Patient by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
The woman recovered, and the fetal heart-beats could be readily auscultated.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
He came at last, however, and, after having looked at the old woman, felt her pulse, auscultated her, he said:—"It is all over."
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant
After the king had been cross-questioned, looked at, handled, auscultated, and turned round again and again, Tristram spoke first, in a rude voice.
From Laboulaye's Fairy Book by Mary L. (Mary Louise) Booth
Politzer's Method.—For this a Politzer's air-bag and an auscultating tube, one end of which is inserted into the patient's ear and the other into the ear of the examiner, are required.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In auscultating the heart I prefer the binaural stethoscope of the Ford pattern.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
On auscultating the heart, a churning sound may be heard.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
Inflation through the Eustachian Catheter.—For this method, in addition to the Politzer's bag and the auscultating tube, a silver or vulcanite Eustachian catheter is required.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
He ended by auscultating him carefully, keeping his ear pressed closely to his chest for a considerable time.
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
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