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Stethoscope

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Noun

1. stethoscope

a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stethoscope

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noun
1. medicine
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
2. Also called: obstetric stethoscope
a narrow cylinder expanded at both ends to receive and transmit fetal sounds

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Stethoscope

see synonyms of stethoscope
noun
Medicine
a hearing instrument used in auscultation, for examining the heart, lungs, etc. by listening to the sounds they make

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stethoscope

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n.
Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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