| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| auscultation |
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| SYLLABICATION: | aus·cul·ta·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ô sk l-t  shn |
| NOUN: | 1. The act of listening. 2. Medicine The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin auscultti , ausculttin-, from ausculttus, past participle of auscultre, to listen to. See ous- in Appendix I.
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