Steth"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. the breast + -scope: cf. F. st'ethoscope.] Med.
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.
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Steth"o*scope, v. t.
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
M. W. Savage.
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