n :  an instrument used to detect and study sounds produced in the body that are conveyed to the ears of the listener through rubber tubing connected with a usu. cup-shaped piece placed upon the area to be examined stetho*scop*ic adj stetho*scop*i*cal*ly adv 
 
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