stethoscope
an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner.
Origin of stethoscope
1Other words from stethoscope
- steth·o·scoped, adjective
- ste·thos·co·pist [ste-thos-kuh-pist], /stɛˈθɒs kə pɪst/, noun
- ste·thos·co·py [ste-thos-kuh-pee, steth-uh-skoh-], /stɛˈθɒs kə pi, ˈstɛθ əˌskoʊ-/, noun
- un·steth·o·scoped, adjective
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How to use stethoscope in a sentence
He lost his stethoscope somewhere in the house — a familiar weight that sat on his neck for two decades.
Burned out by the pandemic, 3 in 10 health-care workers consider leaving the profession | William Wan | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostRight now there are no standards for cataloguing something as simple as a heartbeat recorded via a digital stethoscope.
The stethoscope might track it by the half-minute, but the provider might want that information by the minute.
Now imagine digitally connected devices like electronic stethoscopes and telemetry-capable electrocardiographs that could transmit data on a patient’s heartbeat, respiration, and blood-oxygen levels.
Instead of carrying a stethoscope, though, he carried a gun.
An Army doctor stepped over with a stethoscope and chastened the firing squad when he determined that the heart was still beating.
A smiling, wise-looking Black man with a stethoscope around his neck stared out from the cover.
Ben Carson Was a Role Model for Black Teens Until He Sold Out to the Right | Joshua DuBois | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA medic standing close to her wore both a stethoscope and a gas mask around her neck—she seemed to be in shock.
On a table in front of her sat a stethoscope, a notepad and a small flashlight.
Winter, Food Shortages, Descend on Syria’s Refugees | Mike Giglio | January 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe puffs can be clearly heard with a stethoscope over the region of the stomach, and nowhere else.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPlacing a stethoscope over the region of the heart, he listened for a few seconds.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsAt his right hand was a small table, on which stood a glass of milk, a phial, a stethoscope.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimChief Pasteur walked over to where Mellon lay and took his stethoscope out of his little black bag.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettHe could still hear Doc's words whistling through his teeth and feel the coldness of the stethoscope on his chest.
The Memory of Mars | Raymond F. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for stethoscope
/ (ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp) /
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
Origin of stethoscope
1Derived forms of stethoscope
- stethoscopic (ˌstɛθəˈskɒpɪk), adjective
- stethoscopy (stɛˈθɒskəpɪ), noun
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Cultural definitions for 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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