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əˌskoʊp 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.
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stethoscope (ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C19: from French, from Greek stēthos breast + | |
| stethoscopic | |
| —adj | |
| stethoscopy | |
| —n | |
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| stethoscope (ˈstɛθəˌskəʊp) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C19: from French, from Greek stēthos breast + | |
| stethoscopic | |
| —adj | |
| stethoscopy | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
stethoscope
1820, from Fr. stéthoscope, coined 1819 by its inventor, Fr. physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781-1826) from Gk. stethos "chest, breast" + -scope. Gk. 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 Mod.Gk. it became the preferred polite term.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
stethoscope steth·o·scope (stěth'ə-skōp')
n.
Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
steth'o·scop'ic (-skŏp'ĭk) or steth'o·scop'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.
steth'o·scop'i·cal·ly adv.
ste·thos'co·py (stě-thŏs'kə-pē) n.
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Cultural Dictionary
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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