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Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, listening, hearing
Narrower terms: percussion, pleximetry, succussion
From Latin auscultātio (“act of listening”).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَسَمُّع
(tasammuʕ)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Armenian:
աուսկուլտացիա
(auskultacʻia)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Basque:
auskultazio
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Belarusian:
аўскультацыя
(awskulʹtacyja)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Bulgarian:
аускултация
(auskultacija)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Catalan:
auscultació
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Chinese Mandarin:
聽診 /听诊
(tīngzhěn)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Dutch:
auscultatie
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Esperanto:
aŭskultumado
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Finnish:
auskultaatio
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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French:
auscultation
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Galician:
auscultación
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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German:
Abhören
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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German:
Abhorchen
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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German:
Auskultation
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Greek:
ακρόαση
(akróasi)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Hindi:
परिश्रवण
(pariśravaṇ)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Ido:
auskulto
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Indonesian:
auskultasi
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Irish:
éisteachas
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Irish:
cliabhéisteacht
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Italian:
auscultazione
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Japanese:
聴診
(chōshin)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Kazakh:
aускультация
(auskultasiä)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Korean:
청진
(cheongjin)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Kyrgyz:
aускультация
(auskultatsiya)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Latvian:
auskultācija
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Macedonian:
аускултација
(auskultacija)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Persian:
شنود
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Polish:
auskultacja
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Portuguese:
auscultação
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Russian:
аускульта́ция
(auskulʹtácija)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Russian:
выслу́шивание
(vyslúšivanije)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Spanish:
auscultación
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Swedish:
auskultation
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Tajik:
aускултатсия
(auskultatsiya)
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Turkish:
oskültasyon
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Uzbek:
auskultatsiya
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
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Welsh:
clustfeiniad
— diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device