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auscultationProcedure for detecting certain defects or conditions by listening for normal and abnormal heart, breath, bowel, fetal, and other sounds in the body. The invention of the stethoscope in 1819 improved and expanded this practice, still very useful despite the great technological advances in other means of diagnosis. auscultation the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Eighteen cows were hospitalized for poor condition, anorexia, weight loss, wasting syndrome, and abnormal cardiac auscultation. Cardiac auscultation revealed a 3/6 systolic ejection murmur over the left sternal border with a normal aortic component of the second heart sound with wide splitting heard over the pulmonic area. Cardiac Auscultation of Heart Murmurs http://egeneralmedical. |
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