auscultation

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[aw-skuhl-TAY-shun]

  • n. the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (primarily in the thoracic cavity) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment
I needed no special powers of auscultation; his borborygmus indicated to everyone in the room that he was about to belch in a most stentorian manner.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A great example of auscultation in music (or maybe I just like Pink Floyd; obviously there wasn't a music video for this one--just imagine what it was like before TV!):

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The doctor's auscultation revealed not arrhythmia but syncopation, proving that I literally had jazz in my heart.

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