Difference between revisions of "Auscultation"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90081" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90081" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to. </p> <p> (2): (n.) 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. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68076" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68076" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:02, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The act of listening or hearkening to.
(2): (n.) 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Discerning by the sound whether there is or is not disease in the interior organs of the body.
