auscultate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
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 ● Sep. 7, 2020
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 Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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 Flaubert, Gustave
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
If a student can auscultate correctly, or make up a prescription, at an examination, he will in all probability be able to do so in other circumstances.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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
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 Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise)
M. Verriest auscultated with care the lungs, heart, and great vessels, and found the bruit de souffle, which he had detected in the morning at the apex of the heart and over the carotids.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander
But imagine the awful temptation of having your heart auscultated.
From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
The woman recovered, and the fetal heart-beats could be readily auscultated.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
If the Eustachian tube is patent, a full clear sound is heard close to the examiner's ear through the auscultating tube.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
On auscultating the heart, a churning sound may be heard.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
As the inflammation increases and the worms and mucous secretions plug up the small bronchial tubes, the coughing spells become more severe and rattling, wheezing sounds may be heard on auscultating the lungs.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
There can rarely be a doubt in the mind of the person who is auscultating as to the point at which all sound ceases.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)
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 Miles, Alexander
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