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An examination by listening either directly with the ear applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope , in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease. (more info) fr. a dim. of auris, orig.

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An examination by listening either directly with the ear applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope , in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease. (more info) fr. a dim. of auris, orig. ausis, ear. See Auricle, and cf. Scout, 1. The act of listening or hearkening to. Hickes.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• LISTEN
  hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosen to listen, Gr. loud. sq. 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. When we have occasion
• LISTENER
  One who listens; a hearkener.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• AURISCOPY
  Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• HEALTHFULLY
  In health; wholesomely.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• DISEASEFUL
  1. Causing uneasiness. Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon. 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
• RECOGNIZOR; RECOGNISOR
  One who enters into a recognizance. Blackstone.
• HEALTHLESS
  1. Without health, whether of body or mind; in firm. "A healthless or old age." Jer. Taylor. 2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome.
• HEALTHFUL
  1. Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; as, a healthful body or mind; a healthful plant. 2. Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthful air, diet. The healthful
• DISEASEFULNESS
  The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. Sir P. Sidney.
• HEALTHFULNESS
  The state of being healthful.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• HEALTHSOME
  Wholesome; salubrious. "Healthsome air." Shak.
• RECOGNIZER
  One who recognizes; a recognizor.
• DISTINGUISHABLE
  1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
• HODGKIN'S DISEASE
  A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
• CONTRADISTINGUISH
  To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
• JUMPING DISEASE
  A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.
• INDISTINGUISHABLE
  Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• PREEXAMINATION
  Previous examination.
• INAPPLICABILITY
  The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• INDISTINGUISHING
  Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. Johnson.