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stethoscope

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++steth·o·scope /ˈsteθəskəʊp $ -skoʊp/ noun [countable]  stethoscope.jpg MHan instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart or breathing 听诊器
Examples from the Corpus
stethoscopeApply a stethoscope to the Tory chest as he speaks.It could've been any doctor, and it might not've been a stethoscope.Putting on her stethoscope, she sounded his heart very carefully, then lifted his lips and looked at his gums.She has with her his stethoscope, which she hands him.In a normal labour intermittent auscultation with a Pinard stethoscope could not be regarded as an inadequate or negligent form of assessment.Leaning against the Ping-Pong table, he picked up the stethoscope and felt its peculiar rubbery tubes.Primo is sitting on the living room couch, listening to his own heart with the stethoscope.
Origin stethoscope (1800-1900) French stéthoscope, from Greek stethos chest + French -scope
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stethoscope
stethoscope /ˈsteθəskəʊp $ -skoʊp/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: French
 Origin: stéthoscope, from Greek stethos 'chest' + French -scope

an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart or breathing


stetho·scopeBrE /ˈsteθəskəʊp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsteθəskoʊp/ 🔊 nounan instrument that a doctor uses to listen to sb's heart and breathing 听诊器