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An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.

Act of listening for sounds within the body.

Listening to the sounds made by the thoracic or abdominal viscera, by the contracting muscles, by the blood in the vessels, by the fetus in utero, or to sounds in any of the other internal parts of the body; employed as a diagnostic method. See also auscultatory percussion.

Listening to sounds of an organ to determine its condition.

The art of discovering diseases of the lungs and heart by applying the ear to the chest, or to a tube in contact with the chest.

The act of listening; a method of distinguishing diseases, particularly in the thorax, by observing the sounds in the part, either directly, by applying the ear, or by means of a stethoscope.

The method of discovering the extent and seat of any disease connected with the respiratory organs, by applying the ear to the part alone, or with the help of an instrument called a stethoscope.

Buisson has used it synonymously with listening. Laennec introduced auscultation to appreciate the different sounds which can be heard in the chest, and in the diagnosis of diseases of the heart, lungs, &c. This may be done by the aid of an instrument called a stethoscope, one extremity of which is applied to the ear, the other to the chest of the patient. This mode of examination is called Mediate Auscultation, (F.) Auscultation mediate,-the application of the ear to the chest being immediate auscultation. The act of exploring the chest is called Stethoscopia, and Thoracoscopia; of the abdomen, Abdominoscopia.

Listening for sounds within the body.

The art, process, or method of listening to the sounds produced within the body, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the organs or parts so examined as to health or disease.

n. Act of listening; –a method of distinguishing diseases, particularly in the thorax, by means of a stethoscope.

A heakening of listening to.