auscultation
noun/ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃn/
/ˌɔːskəlˈteɪʃn/
[uncountable] (medical)- the process of listening to somebody’s breathing using a stethoscopeWord Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin auscultatio(n-), from auscultare ‘listen to’.
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