definitions

auscultate

[ aw-skuh l-teyt ]
/ ˈɔ skəlˌteɪt /
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verb (used with or without object), aus·cul·tat·ed, aus·cul·tat·ing. Medicine/Medical.

to examine by auscultation.

RELATED WORDS

attend, get, accept, admit, observe, read, listen, overhear, audit, welcome, hark, obey, eavesdrop, receive, adopt, mind, concentrate, hearken, catch, entertain

Nearby words

aus, aus., ausable, ausable chasm, auschwitz, auscultate, auscultation, auscultative, auscultatory, auscultatory alternans, auscultatory gap

Origin of auscultate

First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from auscultation
Related formsaus·cul·ta·tive [aw-skuh l-tey-tiv, aw-skuhl-tuh-] /ˈɔ skəlˌteɪ tɪv, ɔˈskʌl tə-/, aus·cul·ta·to·ry [aw-skuhl-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɔˈskʌl təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveaus·cul·ta·tor, noun
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Examples from the Web for auscultated

  • The fetal heart must be auscultated every half hour at most, between and during the pains.

    The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley

  • The tonics ought during the time to be discontinued, and the chest should be daily auscultated to learn when the symptoms subside.

    The Dog|Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for auscultated

auscultate

/ (ˈɔːskəlˌteɪt) /

verb

to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
Derived Formsauscultator, noun
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Word Origin and History for auscultated

auscultate

v.

"to listen" (especially with a stethoscope), 1832, from Latin auscultatus, past participle of auscultare "to listen attentively to," from aus-, from auris "ear" (see ear (n.1)); "the rest is doubtful" [OED]. Tucker suggests the second element is akin to clinere "to lean, bend."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for auscultated

auscultate

[ ô′skəl-tāt′ ]

v.

To examine by auscultation.
Related formsaus′cul•ta′tive adj.aus•cul′ta•to′ry (ô-skŭl′tə-tôr′ē) adj.
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