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auscultate

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To listen (for example to the heart or lungs) by auscultation; to examine by auscultation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

examine by auscultation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: examine, see

History

Etymology

Back-formation from auscultation.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسَمَّعَ (tasammaʕa) — to practice auscultation
  • Bulgarian: преслушвам (preslušvam) — to practice auscultation
  • Catalan: auscultar — to practice auscultation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聽診 /听诊 (tīngzhěn) — to practice auscultation
  • Dutch: ausculteren — to practice auscultation
  • Finnish: auskultoida — to practice auscultation
  • Finnish: kuunnella — to practice auscultation
  • French: ausculter — to practice auscultation
  • German: abhören — to practice auscultation
  • German: abhorchen — to practice auscultation
  • German: auskultieren — to practice auscultation
  • Greek: ακροάζομαι (akroázomai) — to practice auscultation
  • Ido: auskultar — to practice auscultation
  • Japanese: 聴診する (chōshin-surú) — to practice auscultation
  • Macedonian: аускултира (auskultira) — to practice auscultation
  • Polish: auskultować — to practice auscultation
  • Polish: wyauskultować — to practice auscultation
  • Portuguese: auscultar — to practice auscultation
  • Russian: слу́шать (slúšatʹ) — to practice auscultation
  • Russian: выслу́шивать (vyslúšivatʹ) — to practice auscultation
  • Russian: прослу́шивать (proslúšivatʹ) — to practice auscultation
  • Spanish: auscultar — to practice auscultation