Auscultation
Definition
The act of auscultating and its result; a fundamental clinical examination method consisting of listening to sounds produced inside the human or animal body. Usually performed with a stethoscope, it allows evaluating the functional state of cardiorespiratory and digestive systems. In civil engineering, it denotes structural monitoring.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Auscultation
- Structural monitoring
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular plural forms following standard structural action noun boundaries. |
| Formation | Noun of action derived internally within Romanian from the verb 'ausculta' using the suffix '-re'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.us.kul.ˈta.re] |
| Source | Lexicon of Medical Semiology, Pathology Registers, and Civil Engineering Structural Codes |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: O auscultare pulmonară atentă a scos în evidență diminuarea murmurului vezicular la baza plămânului drept.
EN: A careful pulmonary auscultation highlighted the decrease of vesicular murmur at the base of the right lung.
RO: Procedura de auscultare a barajului din amonte este obligatorie de două ori pe an pentru a preveni accidentele.
EN: The monitoring procedure of the upstream dam is mandatory twice a year to prevent structural accidents.
RO: Studentul la medicină a învățat că o auscultare corectă necesită liniște deplină în cabinetul de consultații.
EN: The medical student learned that correct auscultation requires complete silence in the consultation room.
Idioms & Phrases
Auscultare cardiacă / Cardiac auscultation / heart sound examination
RO: Examinare clinică axată pe identificarea ritmului cordului, a zgomotelor fiziologice și a suflurilor valvulare patologice.
EN: Clinical examination focused on identifying heart rhythm, physiological sounds, and pathological valvular murmurs.
Auscultare a digurilor / Dam monitoring / structural sound testing
RO: Sistem de supraveghere tehnică bazat pe senzori care măsoară tasările, infiltrațiile și micro-vibrațiile unui baraj hidrotehnic.
EN: Technical surveillance system based on sensors measuring settlements, infiltrations, and micro-vibrations of a hydrotechnical dam.
Fisă de auscultare / Auscultation record / monitoring chart
RO: Document medical sau registru tehnic în care sunt notate cronologic toate constatările acustice și evoluția parametrilor examinați.
EN: Medical document or technical log where all acoustic findings and the evolution of examined parameters are recorded chronologically.
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