auscultate

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

From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020

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 The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Nevertheless, they gave advice, got on the moral hobby again, and had the assurance to auscultate.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

"I wish you to auscultate me," he said, addressing the doctor who entered the room.

From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by Roussel, John

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

I have palpated cancer, seen the havoc it wreaks under a microscope, and auscultated the damage it inflicts on the body’s organs.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2015

After the king had been cross-questioned, looked at, handled, auscultated, and turned round again and again, Tristram spoke first, in a rude voice.

From Laboulaye's Fairy Book by Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise)

M. Verriest auscultated with care the lungs, heart, and great vessels, and found the bruit de souffle, which he had detected in the morning at the apex of the heart and over the carotids.

From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander

But imagine the awful temptation of having your heart auscultated.

From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The woman recovered, and the fetal heart-beats could be readily auscultated.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

As the inflammation increases and the worms and mucous secretions plug up the small bronchial tubes, the coughing spells become more severe and rattling, wheezing sounds may be heard on auscultating the lungs.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

By carefully auscultating diseased cows from day to day, interesting changes can be discovered during the animal's lifetime.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

There can rarely be a doubt in the mind of the person who is auscultating as to the point at which all sound ceases.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

Politzer's Method.—For this a Politzer's air-bag and an auscultating tube, one end of which is inserted into the patient's ear and the other into the ear of the examiner, are required.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

He ended by auscultating him carefully, keeping his ear pressed closely to his chest for a considerable time.

From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)