Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct meaning of the given word.

Auscultation

  1. Study of stars

  2. Listening with the aid of stethoscope

  3. Astrology

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Auscultation is the medical term for listening to sounds of the heart, lungs, or other organs using a stethoscope. It comes from Latin 'auscultare' meaning 'to listen'. Neither 'study of stars' nor 'astrology' is correct.

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