phonendoscope
/ (fəˈnɛndəˌskəʊp) /
noun
an instrument that amplifies small sounds, esp within the human body
Nearby words
phonematics, phoneme, phonemic, phonemicize, phonemics, phonendoscope, phoner, phonesthemic, phonet., phonetic, phonetic alphabet
Word Origin for phonendoscope
C20: from phono- + endo- + -scope
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Examples from the Web for phonendoscope
The binaural stethoscope was invented by Cammann in 1854, and a later improvement is the phonendoscope, by Bianchi.
The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.|Edward W. Byrn
Medicine definitions for phonendoscope
phonendoscope
[ fō-nĕn′də-skōp′ ]
n.
A stethoscope that intensifies auscultatory sounds.
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