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Organ vs Auscultation - What's the difference?

organ | auscultation |

As nouns the difference between organ and auscultation

is that organ is a largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions while auscultation is (medicine) diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.

As a verb organ

is (obsolete|transitive) to supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

organ

English

(wikipedia organ) (Pipe organ)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A largest part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
  • (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
  • (musical instruments) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ , the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
  • A species of cactus ().
  • (slang) The penis.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * barrel organ * house organ * internal organ * mouth organ * pipe organ * sense organ * sex organ * storage organ * swell organ * vital organ

    Related terms

    * organelle * organic * organise or organize * organism * organist

    External links

    * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
  • * Bishop Mannyngham
    • Thou art elemented and organed for other apprehensions.

    Anagrams

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    auscultation

    English

    (wikipedia auscultation)

    Noun

  • (medicine) Diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.
  • * 1973, , Death as a Fact of Life , George J. McLeod, (1973), p. 22
    • The movement was also responsible for the recognition of several new signs of death such as fixed, dilated pupils and auscultation of the heart.

    Related terms

    * auscultate * auscult

    See also

    * ("auscultation" on Wikipedia)