An instrument that is used to transmit low-volume sounds such as a heartbeat (or intestinal, venous, or fetal sounds) to the ear of the listener. A stethoscope may consist of two ear pieces connected by means of flexible tubing to a diaphragm that is placed against the skin of the patient. The stethoscope has become one of the symbols of the medica [..]

instrument for examining the chest, 1820, from French stéthoscope, coined 1819 by its inventor, French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826) from comb. form of Greek stethos "che [..]

A device which is used to listen to sounds produced by the human body. Ordinarily a stethoscope consists of rubber tubing in the shape of a Y.

To dream of a stethoscope, foretells calamity to your hopes and enterprises. There will be troubles and recriminations in love.   

A stethoscope is a medical device that doctors use for listening to sounds inside the body like breathing or a heartbeat.

instrument used by health care professionals to detect sounds produced in the body. Commonly used to listen to your heartbeat to detect any heart-related problems and to listen to your lungs for sound [..]

The stethoscope is a device which allows a doctor or nurse to listen to sounds coming from within a patient's body. The sounds can be used to diagnose medical conditions. The two bells of a steth [..]

The stethoscope is a device which allows a doctor or nurse to listen to sounds coming from within a patient's body. The sounds can be used to diagnose medical conditions. The two bells of a steth [..]

(n) a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body

When you go to the doctor, he or she will probably use something called a stethoscope to hear the sounds that the inside of your body makes. Usually, we can't hear these sounds very well, but wit [..]

Instruments intended to detect and study Sound produced by the Heart, Lungs, or other parts of the body. (from UMDNS, 1999)

An instrument used to magnify sounds produced within the body in order to determine health or diagnose disease.

An instrument used to magnify sounds and carry them to the ear.

the instrument used to listen to the heart and other sounds in the body.