Stethoscope vs Auscultation - What's the difference?
stethoscope | auscultation |
(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
(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
As nouns the difference between stethoscope and auscultation
is that stethoscope is (medicine) a medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer while auscultation is (medicine) diagnosis of disorders by listening to the sounds of the internal organs, usually using a stethoscope.As a verb stethoscope
is to auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.stethoscope
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(wikipedia stethoscope)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* stethoscopic * stethoscopical * stethoscopically * stethoscopyVerb
(stethoscop)auscultation
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(wikipedia auscultation)Noun
- The movement was also responsible for the recognition of several new signs of death such as fixed, dilated pupils and auscultation of the heart.