Stethoscope

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stethoscope \Steth"o*scope\, v. t.
     To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. --M. W.
     Savage.
     [1913 Webster] Stethoscopic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stethoscope
       n : a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated
           inside the body