Definition of Stethoscope

a medical tool that allows a practitioner to listen to body sounds, usually noises from the lungs and heart

Examples of Stethoscope in a sentence

With the aid of a stethoscope, the physician listened to the old man’s heart.  🔊

The doctor used his stethoscope to listen to the sick child’s lungs.  🔊

I sighed when the cold stethoscope was placed against my chest.  🔊

Because my little girl wants to be a nurse, she is constantly checking my heart with her toy stethoscope.  🔊

When the emergency room doctor put down his stethoscope and stopped listening for my husband’s heartbeat, I knew my life would never be the same.  🔊

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