auscultator

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for auscultator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Noun

auscultator (plural auscultators)

  1. One who practices auscultation.
  2. An instrument for auscultation.
  3. (historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.

References

  • auscultator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯s.kulˈtaː.tor/, [au̯s.kʊɫˈtaː.tɔr]

Noun

auscultātor m (genitive auscultātōris); third declension

  1. listener

Descendants

References

  • auscultator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auscultator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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