phonendoscope
/ (fəˈnɛndəˌskəʊp) /
noun
an instrument that amplifies small sounds, esp within the human body
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- phonematics,
- phoneme,
- phonemic,
- phonemicize,
- phonemics,
- 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
phonendoscope
[ fō-nĕn′də-skōp′ ]
n.
A stethoscope that intensifies auscultatory sounds.
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