n. a diagnostic method in which the examiner, who is usually a doctor, listens for sounds within the body either with a stethoscope (mediate auscultation) or directly, by laying his or her ear on the surface of the body (immediate auscultation).
n. a diagnostic method in which the examiner, who is usually a doctor, listens for sounds within the body either with a stethoscope (mediate auscultation) or directly, by laying his or her ear on the surface of the body (immediate auscultation).