What does "stethoscope" mean?
Stethoscope: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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