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auscultation
(redirected from thoracic auscultation)

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auscultation

Procedure 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
auscultation [‚ȯs·kəl′tā·shən]
(medicine)
The act of listening to sounds from internal organs, especially the heart and lungs, to aid in diagnosing their physical state.


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