stethoscope

«stethoscope» in Mova's school dictionary: A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stethoscope, stethoscopes)

meaning for a pupil

A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small disc at the end, used to listen to the heart, lungs and breathing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, a stethoscope lets you hear a heartbeat; pupils count beats per minute. In stories and role play, a doctor wears a stethoscope round the neck. Phrases: listen with a stethoscope.

examples

• The doctor listened to my chest with a stethoscope. tree →
• The disc of the stethoscope felt cold. tree →
• Through the stethoscope I heard my heart beating. tree →
• The vet used a stethoscope on our dog. tree →
• She wore a toy stethoscope for the school play. tree →
• Count the heartbeats you hear in 15 seconds, then multiply by 4. tree →

note

Countable. Pronounced STETH-o-scope. A beats-per-minute calculation: beats in 15 seconds × 4 = beats in one minute.

In the corpora

• Vets use a stethoscope, just like doctors, to listen to an animal's heart and lungs.
• A stethoscope lets the doctor hear the heart and lungs, and wheezes or crackles can be signs of illness.
• A stethoscope lets a doctor listen to the heart and lungs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stethoscope» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.