auscultate

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verb

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

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Meanings

verbauscultate (third-person singular simple present auscultates, present participle auscultating, simple past and past participle auscultated)

present singular third person auscultates · participle present auscultating · participle past auscultated · past auscultated

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

    The doctor, listening past him, had had the same bovine stare as when he was auscultating.

    1969, Hortense Calisher, chapter 3, in The New Yorkers,, Boston: Little, Brown, page 123

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
auscult

Origin

Back-formation from auscultation.

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Translations

Arabic تَسَمَّعَ
  • تَسَمَّعَ (tasammaʕa)to practice auscultation
Bulgarian преслушвам
  • преслушвам (preslušvam)to practice auscultation
Catalan auscultar
  • auscultarto practice auscultation
Chinese Mandarin 聽診 /听诊
  • 聽診 /听诊 (tīngzhěn)to practice auscultation
Dutch ausculteren
  • ausculterento practice auscultation
Finnish auskultoida, kuunnella
  • auskultoidato practice auscultation
  • kuunnellato practice auscultation
French ausculter
  • ausculterto practice auscultation
German abhören, abhorchen
  • abhörento practice auscultation
  • abhorchento practice auscultation
  • auskultierento practice auscultation
Greek ακροάζομαι
  • ακροάζομαι (akroázomai)to practice auscultation
Japanese 聴診する
  • 聴診する (chōshin-surú)to practice auscultation
Polish auskultować, wyauskultować
  • auskultowaćto practice auscultation
  • wyauskultowaćto practice auscultation
Portuguese auscultar
  • auscultarto practice auscultation
Russian слу́шать, выслу́шивать
  • слу́шать (slúšatʹ)to practice auscultation
  • выслу́шивать (vyslúšivatʹ)to practice auscultation
  • прослу́шивать (proslúšivatʹ)to practice auscultation
Spanish auscultar
  • auscultarto practice auscultation
Cite this entry
APA

auscultate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auscultate

MLA

“auscultate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auscultate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auscultate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auscultate.

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