listening

Synonyms:

hearing

Types:

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auscultation

listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)

rehearing, relistening

the act of hearing again

percussion, pleximetry

tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

succussion

shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity

Type of:

perception, sensing

becoming aware of something via the senses