stethoscope
[ steth-uh-skohp ]
/ ˈstɛθ əˌskoʊp /
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noun Medicine/Medical.
an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
Nearby words
stethalgia, stetho-, stethogoniometer, stethometer, stethometric, stethoscope, stethoscopic, stethoscopist, stethoscopy, stethospasm, stetson
Related formssteth·o·scoped, adjectiveste·thos·co·pist [ste-thos-kuh-pist] /stɛˈθɒs kə pɪst/, nounste·thos·co·py [ste-thos-kuh-pee, steth-uh-skoh-] /stɛˈθɒs kə pi, ˈstɛθ əˌskoʊ-/, nounun·steth·o·scoped, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for stethoscope
stethoscope
/ (ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp) /
noun
med an instrument for listening to the sounds made within the body, typically consisting of a hollow disc that transmits the sound through hollow tubes to earpieces
Also called: obstetric stethoscope a narrow cylinder expanded at both ends to recieve and transmit fetal sounds
Derived Formsstethoscopic (ˌstɛθəˈskɒpɪk), adjectivestethoscopy (stɛˈθɒskəpɪ), noun
Word Origin for stethoscope
C19: from French, from Greek stēthos breast + -scope
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Word Origin and History for stethoscope
stethoscope
1820, from French stéthoscope, coined 1819 by its inventor, French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826) from Greek stethos "chest, breast" + -scope. Greek stethos is perhaps related to sternon (see sternum); it meant "front of the chest," and was only rarely used of a woman's breasts, but in Modern Greek it became the preferred polite term.
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Medicine definitions for stethoscope
stethoscope
[ stĕth′ə-skōp′ ]
n.
Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
Related formssteth′o•scop′ic (-skŏp′ĭk) adj.ste•thos′co•py (stĕ-thŏs′kə-pē) n.
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Culture definitions for stethoscope
stethoscope
[ (steth-uh-skohp) ]
An instrument used in listening to internal body sounds. Most familiarly, physicians and nurses use it to listen to heart sounds.
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