'Stethoscope' definitions:
Definition of 'stethoscope'
(from WordNet)
noun
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
Definition of 'Stethoscope'
From: GCIDE
- Stethoscope \Steth"o*scope\ (st[e^]th"[-o]*sk[=o]p), n. [Gr. sth^qos the breast + -scope: cf. F. st['e]thoscope.] (Med.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stethoscope'
From: GCIDE
- Stethoscope \Steth"o*scope\, v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. --M. W. Savage. [1913 Webster] Stethoscopic