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stethoscoping

stethoscoping is the present participle and gerund of stethoscope.

Meaning of stethoscope

Verb

stethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped)

  1. (transitive) 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

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Questions about stethoscoping

What is stethoscoping the present participle and gerund of?
Stethoscoping is the present participle and gerund of stethoscope.

Words near stethoscoping in the dictionary

  1. stethoscoped
  2. stethoscopes
  3. stethoscopic
  4. stethoscopical
  5. stethoscopically
  6. stethoscoping
  7. stethoscopist
  8. stethoscopists
  9. stethoscopy
  10. steths
  11. stetindite

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