| n. | 1. | (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. |
| v. t. | 1. | To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. |
| Noun | 1. | stethoscope - a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body |