stethoscope
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Definition of stethoscope
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
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noun
- A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
verb
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(transitive)To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
“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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Etymology
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.
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