stethoscope
noun
an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
stethoscoped
-
a word derived from
stethoscope.
Example Sentences
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Soon we shall have reached the point where every barber will use it and, when shaving you, will ask: Would you like to be stethoscoped, Sir?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2019
No patient has been thumped and stethoscoped, X-rayed and blood-tested by so many eager diagnosticians.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baggage was Xrayed, stethoscoped, or simply scrutinized top to bottom, and some passengers were frisked for weapons.
From Time Magazine Archive
He stethoscoped Indiana and concluded that his anti-Court-bill vote was one of the most popular he ever cast.
From Time Magazine Archive
And doctors had stethoscoped him and shaken their heads over him.
From It, and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
