ausculter

to auscultate

verb os-kool-TEH Rare

Origin: Latin auscultare, to listen

Also means

to sound (with a stethoscope)

Usage Note

Ausculter is the medical term for listening to internal sounds of the body with a stethoscope; ausculter un patient is a routine clinical act. Figuratively it can mean to examine or probe something closely: ausculter l'économie. The derived noun is auscultation.

Examples

"Le médecin ausculte le patient chaque matin."

Natural Translation

The doctor auscultates the patient every morning.

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