Definitions for stethoscope

stethoscope steth·o·scope

Spelling: [steth-uh-skohp]
IPA: /ˈstɛθ əˌskoʊp/

Stethoscope is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 469 anagrams from letters in stethoscope (ceehoopsstt).

Definitions for stethoscope

noun

  1. an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.

Origin of stethoscope

First recorded in 1810-20; stetho- + -scope

Examples for stethoscope

A plainclothesman put a stethoscope on the questionable case.

Then, taking out his stethoscope, he made a rapid examination of his patient.

Without a word he got out his stethoscope and began to listen to me.

He went through the locker room and got his stethoscope on the way to Ward Five.

A medic standing close to her wore both a stethoscope and a gas mask around her neck—she seemed to be in shock.

It seemed an age as Dr. Leslie tried to adjust the stethoscope.

A smiling, wise-looking Black man with a stethoscope around his neck stared out from the cover.

On a table in front of her sat a stethoscope, a notepad and a small flashlight.

He touched the patient's wrist, then put a stethoscope to his chest.

An Army doctor stepped over with a stethoscope and chastened the firing squad when he determined that the heart was still beating.

Word Value for stethoscope
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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