auscultation

auscultation has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• n.. The act of listening or hearkening to.
• n.. An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.
• n.. listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)