Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To examine by auscultation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To listen to; give ear to; specifically, in pathology, to examine by auscultation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
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- verb To
practice auscultation ; toexamine by auscultation.
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- verb examine by auscultation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
A Reckless Character And Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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Paramon Paramonitch felt his pulse, looked at his tongue, asked a question, and announced at last that it was absolutely necessary for him to 'auscultate' him.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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The thinker of today has a great duty — to auscultate civilization.
Les Miserables 2008
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Paramon Paramonitch felt his pulse, looked at his tongue, asked a question, and announced at last that it was absolutely necessary for him to ‘auscultate’ him.
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Et dixit Lemech uxoribus suis Hada et Silla, Audite vocem meam uxores Lemech, auscultate semonem meum, Quoniam virum occidero in vulnere meo, et adolescentem in livore meo.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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Captain is harassed by an irresistible desire to romance, even on the least promising themes; and it is vastly amusing to observe how he will auscultate, as it were, his auditor's inmost mood, to ascertain whether it is prepared for the absorption of his insidious fibs.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 Various
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"I wish you to auscultate me," he said, addressing the doctor who entered the room.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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The medical man proceeded to auscultate his patient.
The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story John Roussel
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Regis auscultate; quia vobis Judicium est, quoniam Laquens facti estis Speculationi et rete expansum super Thabor.
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918
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Audite hoc Sacerdotes, et attendite Domus Israel, et Domus Regis auscultate; quia vobis Judicium est, quoniam Laquens facti estis Speculationi et rete expansum super Thabor.
Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914
abiohphobia commented on the word auscultate
Pronunciation:
\ˌȯ-skəl-ˈt�?-shən\
Etymology:
Latin auscultation-, auscultatio act of listening, from auscultare to listen; akin to Latin auris
v. to listen to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment
October 24, 2007
abiohphobia commented on the word auscultate
"Giving money to homeless people is like auscultating a dead sheep's heart." -George W. Bush
October 24, 2007