auscultate
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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 Robert Louis Stevenson
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 Gustave Flaubert
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
The medical man proceeded to auscultate his patient.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by John Roussel
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
He was summoned back to full consciousness, tapped, auscultated and examined.
From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Ludwig Lewisohn
He came at last, however, and, after having looked at the old woman, felt her pulse, auscultated her, he said:—"It is all over."
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Guy de Maupassant
But imagine the awful temptation of having your heart auscultated.
From Doctor and Patient by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
The woman recovered, and the fetal heart-beats could be readily auscultated.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Inflation through the Eustachian Catheter.—For this method, in addition to the Politzer's bag and the auscultating tube, a silver or vulcanite Eustachian catheter is required.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
If the Eustachian tube is patent, a full clear sound is heard close to the examiner's ear through the auscultating tube.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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 R. A. Craig, 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 Robert Jennings
He ended by auscultating him carefully, keeping his ear pressed closely to his chest for a considerable time.
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
