auscultation /ö-skəl-tāˈshən/

Listening to internal bodily sounds (eg of the heart, lungs, abdomen, fetal heart, etc) as an aid to diagnosis, usu with a stethoscope

ausˈcultate transitive verb and intransitive verb

To examine by auscultation

ausculˈtative adjective

ausˈcultātor noun

1. A person who practises auscultation
2. An instrument for the purpose
3. Formerly in Germany, a person who had passed their first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government

auscultatory /-kulˈtə-tə-ri/ adjective

• gathering
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• gathering-cries
• gathering-cry
• gathering-ground
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• gathering-peat
• gatherings
• gather oneself together
• gathers
• gather to a head
• gather way
• gating
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• gatling gun
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• gator
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• Gatso
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• gauche
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