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stethoscope (steth´o-skōp) an instrument used to hear and amplify the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other internal organs. It has two earpieces and flexible tubing leading to them from the two-branched opening of the bell or cone; thus, sound travels simultaneously through both branches to the earpieces. adj., stethoscop´ic., adj.
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