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stethoscope

noun
🔊/ˈsteθəskəʊp/
🔊/ˈsteθəskəʊp/
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  1. an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to somebody’s heart and breathing听诊器Topics Medicinec2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French stéthoscope, from Greek stēthos ‘breast’ + skopein ‘look at’.