stethoscope

[steth-uh-skohp]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.

stethoscope

/ ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp, stɛˈθɒskəpɪ, ˌstɛθəˈskɒpɪk /

noun

1. 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

2. Also called: obstetric stethoscope. a narrow cylinder expanded at both ends to recieve and transmit fetal sounds

stethoscope

1. An instrument used in listening to internal body sounds. Most familiarly, physicians and nurses use it to listen to heart sounds.

Other Word Forms

• stethoscoped adjective
• stethoscopist noun
• stethoscopy noun
• unstethoscoped adjective
• stethoscopic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stethoscope¹

First recorded in 1810–20; stetho- + -scope

Word History and Origins

Origin of stethoscope¹

C19: from French, from Greek stēthos breast + _-scope

Example Sentences

The viola sounds like a heartbeat heard through a stethoscope.

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But Meals put his stethoscope to the heartbeat of Los Angeles and found a thousand things to cheer.

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The study by Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust involved saw more than 12,000 patients from 96 surgeries examined with the AI stethoscope.

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Noah Wyle, star of the hit medical drama “The Pitt,” is no stranger to sporting a stethoscope around his neck and neither is his mother.

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In her medical bag she also has a stethoscope.

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