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stethoscope

noun

  1. acoustic medical device for auscultation
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/ / /ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.

  1. A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.

  1. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.

    “you wish me to submit to be stethoscoped; if so, you shall be gratified, although the prospect of undergoing that, or any other operation at Mr. Pigwidgeon's hands, is not the most agreeable”