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.
To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
instrument used by health care professionals to detect sounds produced in the body. Commonly used to listen to your heartbeat to detect any heart-related problems and to listen to your lungs for sounds that they could have fluid inside them.
Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body. Reference: H1
a device that magnifies the sounds made by the body
An instrument used to listen to sounds in the body such as those made by the lungs and heart.
a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
a diagnostic instrument used by medical professionals to listen to a patient's chest cavity, heart and various pulse points
a medical device that magnifies the sounds inside the body
a medical instrument used to listen the internal sounds of the body, like those produced by breathing or heart beating
a medical instrument used to listen to sounds produced in the body, especially those that emanate from the heart and lungs
an instrument employed in medicine (and safe cracking ) for the purpose of listening to the sounds produced in the body
a sensitive listening tool
an instrument used by doctors to listen to sounds made by the heart and lungs
the instrument used to listen to the heart and other sounds in the body.
an instrument used to listen to heart sounds
An instrument used to transmit low-volume sounds such as the heartbeat (or intestinal, venous, or fetal sounds) to the ear of the listener. A stethoscope may consist of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing to a diaphragm placed against the skin of the patient. See the entire definition of Stethoscope
an instrument used to listen to the heartbeat and other sounds in the body.
A doctor's instrument for hearing internal body sounds. Listening to sounds made by various cardiac structures to identify abnormal heart valves, weakened heart muscle, and congenital heart disease is called "auscultation."
An instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
A Y-shaped instrument that amplifies body sounds such as heartbeat, breathing, and air in the intestine. Used in auscultation.
A simple instrument for listening to the heart and lungs
An instrument used to magnify sounds and convey them to the ear.
an instrument used to amplify body sounds.
The stethoscope (Greek στηθοσκόπιο, of στήθος, stéthos - chest and σκοπή, skopé - examination) is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, i.e. listening to internal sounds in the human body. It is most often used to listen to heart sounds and breathing (breath sounds), though it is also used to listen to intestines and blood flow in arteries and veins.
