Words: bruit, auscultation [MW]

(I've always enjoyed the archaic phrase "to bruit about" or "to bruit far and wide." I now see that not only did I learn the pronunciation wrong -- the Anglo-Saxon brew-it, not the Anglo-Norman brewt or brew-EY) -- but the word in its modern sense describes all those gurgly sounds your throat and stomach make.)

Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, noise
1 /'brüt/ archaic a : NOISE, DIN b : REPORT, RUMOR
2 /'brü-E/ [French, literally, noise] : any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation

Pronunciation: 'brüt
Function: transitive verb
: to noise abroad : REPORT

Pronunciation: "o-sk&l-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin auscultation-, auscultatio act of listening, from auscultare to listen; akin to Latin auris ear -- more at EAR
: the act of listening to sounds arising within organs (as the lungs) as an aid to diagnosis and treatment