to auscultate

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To listen to the sounds the body makes using a stethoscope

verb
/ˈɔːskəlˌteɪt/

Specialized

: auscultar

To auscultate the midsystolic click or murmur associated with MVP, use the diaphragm of the stethoscope.

And when you auscultate and you, you know, you percuss on tap and you auscultate and listen, I can tell fat from from gas.

Examples

Sickness turns into another stale narrative that needs to be made more exciting, affording the chance to be something apart from a form auscultated by doctors.

Academic text (1991)
Dr. Mascelli, 43, a local G.P., auscultates Rudy's chest with his stethoscope.

Fiction book (1995)
And when you auscultate and you, you know, you percuss on tap and you auscultate and listen, I can tell fat from from gas.

Mel Robbins
He opened the vent in the back of her gown and auscultated her.

Fiction book (1995)
He palpated, auscultated, and took the pulse.

Fiction book (1995)
There will be those who, with happy abandon, think they are reading this, whereas what you are doing is reading my mind, overhearing it, auscultating it like a doctor.

Fiction book (1994)
The doctor decided to auscultate the patient's lungs using a stethoscope.
Before making a diagnosis, she always takes the time to auscultate thoroughly.
During the examination, he had to auscultate the heart sounds carefully to detect any abnormalities.

Surface Forms

auscultate infinitive

auscultated past

auscultated past participle

auscultating present participle

auscultates third person singular

Morphology

auscultate = auscult + ate

The verb is a borrowing built from the Latin combining form 'auscult-' plus the learned suffix '-ate'; the root is not a recognizable English word, so learners cannot transparently derive the meaning.

Etymology

Auscultate comes from the Latin verb auscultare, which means 'to listen'. So doctors auscultate when they listen closely to a patient's heart and lungs with a stethoscope.