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What is it called when a doctor listens to a patient’s body?

Retry Correct Incorrect People typically imagine auscultation as a doctor holding a stethoscope up to a patient’s chest to listen to their heart. And while that’s certainly a common reason for it, the lung sounds and other tell-tale internal noises can also be examined this way.

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What is it called when a doctor listens to a patient’s body?

• Dyspareunia
• Gestation
• Using a stethoscope
• Auscultation