| Pronunciation: | | 'stethu`skowp
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[n] a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body |
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STETHOSCOPE is a 11 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | fetoscope, foetoscope, medical instrument |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Steth"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? 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.
\Steth"o*scope\, v. t.
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. --M. W.
Savage.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the instrument used to listen to the heart and other sounds in the body. |
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