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See also: stéthoscope

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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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: stethosgop

Translations

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.
    • 1852, Marmion Wilme Savage, Reuben Medlicott; or, the Coming Man:
      you wish me to submit to be stethoscoped; if so, you shall be gratified, although the prospect of undergoing that, or any other operation at Mr. Pigwidgeon's hands, is not the most agreeable
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