noun
stethoscope
STEH-thuhs-kohp
noun
1
A medical instrument used to listen to sounds inside the body, such as the heartbeat or breathing.
"The doctor pressed the stethoscope against his chest and listened."
"Every nurse carries a stethoscope on their rounds."
How to Use Stethoscope
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe tool doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs.
Common pairings
listen with a stethoscope
doctor's stethoscope
Word Forms
stethoscoped past tense, stethoscopes plural, stethoscopes singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, coined by the physician René Laennec, who invented the device.