stethoscope
- noun
- C1
- less common
A medical tool with two earpieces and a round end that a doctor uses to hear the sounds inside someone's chest or back.
The doctor warmed the stethoscope before placing it on my chest.
She hung the stethoscope around her neck and hurried down the corridor.
Through the stethoscope he heard a faint whistling in her lungs.
Medical students practise using a stethoscope on each other in class.
Common collocations: listen with a stethoscope · put on a stethoscope · a stethoscope around one's neck · press the stethoscope against the chest · reach for a stethoscope
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