About The Word Stethoscope
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Stethoscope
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What's The Definition Of Stethoscope?
[n] a medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body
Synonyms | Synonyms for Stethoscope: Related Terms | Find terms related to Stethoscope: See Also | fetoscope | foetoscope | medical instrument Stethoscope In Webster's Dictionary \Steth"o*scope\, n. [Gr. ? the breast + -scope: cf.
F. st['e]thoscope.] (Med.)
An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs
of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear
of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax.
\Steth"o*scope\, v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. --M. W. Savage. |
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