Noun (thing)
    
  
    Stethoscope  
          
      
          
      
      
   
  
                  
                            
              
  
                  
                            
              
  
    
        a tool which is used for listening to someone's breathing or heart        
          
      
          
      
      
    
  
      When you complain to a GP about an acute cough, he or she uses a stethoscope to listen to your chest.