auscultate

[ aw-skuhl-teyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Medicine/Medical.

, aus·cul·tat·ed, aus·cul·tat·ing.

1. to examine by auscultation.

Other Words From

• aus·cul·ta·tive [aw, -sk, uh, l-tey-tiv, aw-, skuhl, -t, uh, -], aus·cul·ta·to·ry [aw-, skuhl, -t, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
• auscul·tator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of auscultate¹

First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from auscultation

Example Sentences

I wanted to auscultate, but that was not an option.

From The Guardian

If a student can auscultate correctly, or make up a prescription, at an examination, he will in all probability be able to do so in other circumstances.

From Project Gutenberg

For decades Soviet and Western scientists had made the pilgrimage to Barzavu to auscultate stouthearted Muslimov and inquire about his diet, life-style and sexual habits.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was therefore necessary to demolish, as we proceeded, a great part of the ship’s inner skin and fittings, and to auscultate what remained, like a doctor sounding for a lung disease.

From Project Gutenberg

I auscultate them in vain; no real sense of duty, no real comprehension, no real attempt to comprehend, no wish for information—you cannot offend one of them more bitterly than by offering information, though it is certain that you have more, and obvious that you have other, information than they have; and talking of policy, they could not play a better stroke than by listening to you, and it need by no means influence their action.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accept
• admit
• attend
• get
• observe
• take notice
• tune in