English Explanatory Dictionary

stethoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
verb
  1. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.

Pronunciation

/ˈstɛθəskəʊp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stethoscope.wav /ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/

Word forms

stethoscope stethoscopes stethoscoping stethoscoped

Etymology

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

Derived words

Pinard fetal stethoscope stethoscopic stethoscopical stethoscopically stethoscopist stethoscopy
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