Use auscultation in a sentence. 1  a listening. 2  a listening, often with the aid of a stethoscope, to sounds in the chest, abdomen, etc. so as to determine the condition of the heart, lungs, etc. auscultation. The act of listening. Medicine The act of listening for sounds made by internal organs, as the heart and lungs, to aid in the diagnosis of certain disorders.
Again, if you are non-insulin dependent and are wondering when is the best time to take your blood glucose levels, it is 1-2 hours after a meal. Generally speaking, if your fasting blood sugar and blood sugar before meals are OK, it doesn't mean your diabetes is under control.
Later in the day, I go by experience. If your blood sugar goes up when you exercise at 5, then take a little insulin so that the exercise will make the insulin go farther. In my experience, with a blood sugar of 171 at 5 pm, I'd take about 1 unit of Humalog to exercise.