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auscultation

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃən/
  • UK: /ˌɔskəlˈteɪʃən/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

From Latin auscultātio (“act of listening”).

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسَمُّع (tasammuʕ) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Armenian: աուսկուլտացիա (auskultacʻia) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Basque: auskultazio — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Belarusian: аўскультацыя (awskulʹtacyja) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Bulgarian: аускултация (auskultacija) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Catalan: auscultació — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聽診 /听诊 (tīngzhěn) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Dutch: auscultatie — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Esperanto: aŭskultumado — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Finnish: auskultaatio — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • French: auscultation — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Galician: auscultación — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • German: Abhören — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • German: Abhorchen — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • German: Auskultation — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Greek: ακρόαση (akróasi) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Hindi: परिश्रवण (pariśravaṇ) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Ido: auskulto — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Indonesian: auskultasi — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Irish: éisteachas — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Irish: cliabhéisteacht — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Italian: auscultazione — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Japanese: 聴診 (chōshin) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Kazakh: aускультация (auskultasiä) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Korean: 청진 (cheongjin) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Kyrgyz: aускультация (auskultatsiya) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Latvian: auskultācija — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Macedonian: аускултација (auskultacija) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Persian: شنود — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Polish: auskultacja — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Portuguese: auscultação — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Russian: аускульта́ция (auskulʹtácija) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Russian: выслу́шивание (vyslúšivanije) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Spanish: auscultación — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Swedish: auskultation — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Tajik: aускултатсия (auskultatsiya) — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Turkish: oskültasyon — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Uzbek: auskultatsiya — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device
  • Welsh: clustfeiniad — diagnosis by stethoscope or similar auditory device