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AUSCULTATION

Definition: Physical examination consisting of listening for sounds in the human body.

Conceptual Structures
ISAPHYSICAL-EXAMINATION
ANCESTORSALL
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
MEDICAL-SERVE
PHYSICAL-EXAMINATION
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
WORK-ACTIVITY
INHERITED
RELATIONS		ACCOMPANIER : HUMAN (from WORK-ACTIVITY)
AGENT : PHYSICIAN (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
BENEFICIARY : PATIENT (by default) (from HEALTH-SERVE)
DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : DISEASE-EVENT (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
    DISEASE-EVENT (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
    HAVE-NEOPLASM (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
INSTRUMENT : DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
LOCATION : HOSPITAL (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
PURPOSE : DETERMINE (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
ROLE-FOR-ACTIVITY : HEALTH-ROLE (by default) (from MEDICAL-SERVE)
SERVICES-OF : CORPORATION (from SERVICE-EVENT)
THEME : PATIENT (by default) (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
    TISSUE (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
    PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM (from DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE)
THEME-OF : EVENT (from WORK-ACTIVITY)