stetho

n. [ Gr. &unr_; chest + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sth^qos the breast + -scope: cf. F. stéthoscope. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéthoscopique. ] Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One skilled in the use of the stethoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]