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stethoscope

The definition of a stethoscope is a medical instrument with earphones and a tube with a flat metal disk at the end, that a doctor uses to listen to a patient's heart and lungs.

(noun)

An example of a stethoscope is what a doctor uses to listen for fluid in a patient's lungs.

See stethoscope in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Med. a hearing instrument used in auscultation, for examining the heart, lungs, etc. by listening to the sounds they make

Origin: Fr stéthoscope: see stetho- & -scope

Related Forms:

stethoscopic adjective or stethoscopical
stethoscopically adverb
stethoscopy noun

See stethoscope in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

Origin:

Origin: French stéthoscope

Origin: : Greek stēthos, chest

Origin: + French -scope, an instrument for viewing (from Latin -scopium; see -scope)

Related Forms:

stethˌo·scopˈic (-skŏpˈĭk), stethˌo·scopˈi·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adjective

stethˌo·scopˈi·cal·ly adverb

ste·thosˈco·py (stĕ-thŏsˈkə-pē) noun

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