stethoscope
/ˈstɛθəskəʊp/US/ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/
stethoscope noun: a medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
Noun
stethoscope (plural stethoscopes)
- A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
Verb
stethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped)
- 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 agreeable1852, Marmion Wilme Savage, Reuben Medlicott; or, the Coming Man
stethoscope meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stethoscope in Hindi
- medical instrument
- स्टेथोस्कोप sṭethoskop, परिश्रावक pariśrāvak
stethoscope in Tamil
- medical instrument
- சப்தசோதனைக்குழல் captacōtaṉaikkuḻal, இதயத்துடிப்பு மானி itayattuṭippu māṉi
stethoscope in Marathi
- medical instrument
- स्टेथोस्कोप sṭethoskop
stethoscope in Urdu
- medical instrument
- صَدْر بِین sadr bīn, نَبّاض nabbāz
More languagesFewer languages
- stethoscope in Bengali
- স্টেথোস্কোপ sṭethōskōp
- stethoscope in Telugu
- స్టెతస్కోప్ sṭetaskōp
- stethoscope in Malayalam
- സ്റ്റെതസ്കോപ്പ് sṟṟetaskōppŭ
- stethoscope in Kannada
- ಬಡಿತಕೇಳುಕ baḍitakēḷuka, ಬಡಿತ ಆಲಿಸುಕ baḍita ālisuka
- stethoscope in Gujarati
- ઉરોદર્શક urodarśak, સ્ટેથોસ્કોપ sṭethoskop
- stethoscope in Sanskrit
- स्पन्दमापिनी spandamāpinī
- stethoscope in Sinhala
- වෙදනලාව wedanalāwa
- stethoscope in Tagalog
- diblinig, estetoskopyo, istetoskop
- stethoscope in Arabic
- سَمَّاعَةُ الطَّبِيب sammāʕatu ṭ-ṭabīb, سَمَّاعَة sammāʕa, مِسْمَاعُ الصَّدْر mismāʕu ṣ-ṣadr
- stethoscope in Malay
- stetoskop
- stethoscope in Indonesian
- stetoskop
- stethoscope in Thai
- เครื่องฟังตรวจ krʉ̂ʉang-fang-dtrùuat
- stethoscope in Vietnamese
- ống nghe
- stethoscope in Myanmar
- နားကြပ် na:krap
Forms of stethoscope
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stethoscopes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stethoscopes |
| present participle | stethoscoping |
| past participle | stethoscoped |
| past | stethoscoped |
Origin of stethoscope
Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.
Words formed from stethoscope
Questions about stethoscope
- What does stethoscope mean?
- Stethoscope means a medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body.
- What is stethoscope in Hindi?
- Stethoscope in Hindi is स्टेथोस्कोप (sṭethoskop), परिश्रावक (pariśrāvak). See Stethoscope meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stethoscope?
- Stethoscope can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stethoscope?
- Stethoscope is pronounced /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stethoscope?
- The plural of stethoscope is stethoscopes.
Words near stethoscope in the dictionary
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