a. Med. [f. L. auscultāt- (see AUSCULT) + -IVE.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, auscultation.
1834. Ramadge, Consump. Curable, 95. By auscultative examination. Ibid. (1861), 47. He displayed, unequivocally, all its auscultative signs.
