stethoscope
(noun) a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stethoscope (plural stethoscopes)
(medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer
stethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped)
(transitive) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
Source: Wiktionary
Steth"o*scope, n. Etym: [Gr. -scope: cf. F. stéthoscope.] (Med.)
Definition: An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
Steth"o*scope, v. t.
Definition: To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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