To examine by listening to the sounds made by the internal organs of the body for diagnostic purposes, usually to the sounds of the thoracic or abdominal viscera, with or without a stethoscope: Nurses and doctors usually auscultate the lungs and heart of a patient by using a stethoscope placed on the patient's chest.

The patient was auscultated, or looked over very carefully, by Dr. Smith, the specialist who evaluated the results following the checkup.