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stethoscope
noun
Med. a hearing instrument used in auscultation, for examining the heart, lungs, etc. by listening to the sounds they make
Related Forms:
- stethoscopic adjective or stethoscopical
- stethoscopically adverb
- stethoscopy noun
See stethoscope in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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