stethoscope

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/

Noun

Singular stethoscope

Plural stethoscopes

A stethoscope

1. (countable) (medicine) A stethoscope is a tool that doctors and nurses use to listen to sounds inside the body.

   The doctor checked the patient's abdomen with a stethoscope.