auscultate verb. ['ɔ:sk(ǝ)lteɪt] M18.
[Latin auscultat- pa. ppl stem of auscultare hear with attention: see -ATE³.]
1. verb intrans. Listen, hear. rare. M18.

2. verb trans. Medicine. Examine by auscultation. M19.

■ au'scult verb trans. & intrans. = AUSCULTATE M19.

■ au'scultative adjective (Medicine) of or pertaining to auscultation M19.

■ auscultator noun (Medicine) a person who examines by auscultation M19.

■ auscultatory adjective of or pertaining to listening or (Medicine) auscultation M17.

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