an instrument for listening to the sounds made within the body, typically consisting of a hollow disc that transmits the sound through hollow tubes to earpieces
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steth•o•scope /ˈstɛθəˌskoʊp/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Medicinean instrument used to listen to sounds in the chest or other parts of the body.
steth•o•scope
(steth′ə skōp′),USA pronunciation n. [Med.]
steth′o•scoped′, adj.
ste•thos•co•pist
(ste thos′kə pist),USA pronunciation n.
ste•thos•co•py
(ste thos′kə pē, steth′ə skō′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Medicinean instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
- 1810–20; stetho- + -scope
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'stethoscope' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-scope
- Laënnec
- auscultation
- binaural
- egophony
- microstethoscope
- murmur
- sphygmomanometer
- stetho-
- stethoscopic