stethoscope

See also: stéthoscope

English

Modern stethoscope

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.

Pronunciation

Noun

stethoscope (plural stethoscopes)

  1. (medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer

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Verb

stethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped)

  1. (transitive) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
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