Stethoscope

Word STETHOSCOPE
Character 11
Hyphenation steth o scope
Pronunciations /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/

Definitions and meanings of "Stethoscope"

What do we mean by stethoscope?

Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds produced within the body. noun

An instrument used in auscultation to convey the sounds from the chest or other part of the patient to the ear of the observer. noun

To examine by means of a stethoscope.

To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. transitive verb

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. noun

A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer noun

To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. verb

A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body noun

A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body, often combined with a sphygmomanometer

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The word "stethoscope" in example sentences

Laennec later created a new instrument made from hollow wooden cylinder he called stethoscope, from the Greek words stethos (chest) and skopos (examination). ❋ Unknown (2010)

That dramatic boardroom stethoscope is beginning to engender irrational hatred. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My question: who the heck does or will set government policy w.r.t. healthcare if not those who actually, you know, know a stethoscope from a beer bong? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Steve Perlstein writes, The basic view from behind the stethoscope is that health care would be a whole lot better if only the docs were given free rein to treat their patients, organize their practices, run the hospitals and set their own fees …. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The latest in stethoscope technology - the iSteth. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"Oh, that just makes you the medicines doctor, the other fella with the stethoscope is the disease doctor" ❋ 1 Dinosaur (2009)

Stopping the heart -- putting it into atrial fib, so all you get with a stethoscope is a flutter -- is another nice trick. ❋ Steve Perry (2007)

If the ear be placed on the abdomen, over the womb, the beating of the foetal heart can sometimes be heard quite plainly, and by the use of an instrument called the stethoscope, the sounds can be still more plainly heard. ❋ B. G. Jefferis (N/A)

I had found his pulse irregular and intermittent, I took out a stethoscope, which is a pocket-spyglass for looking into men's chests with your ears, and laid it over the place where the heart beats. ❋ Various (N/A)

Instead she told herself that the amazingly and unbelievably handsome young man bending over her with a stethoscope was a doctor; that the plump, bleached blonde in the white shirtwaist was the hotel housekeeper; that the lank ditto was a waitress; and that the expression on the face of each was that of apprehension, tinged with a pleasurable excitement. ❋ Edna Ferber (1926)

As I had found his pulse irregular and intermittent, I took out a stethoscope, which is a pocket-spyglass for looking into people's chests with your ears, and laid it over the place where the heart beats. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

A stethoscope is a medical device that is used to listen to the internal sounds of a human's body. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "stethoscope" is not needed ... only for stereo. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"stethoscope," the name it has ever since retained. ❋ Edwin Emerson (1914)

"It's a worry that we're not finding what we need to find on exams because there is tissue in the way of our fingers, and in the way of our stethoscope," says Dr. Silk, who co-authored an article about this problem in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. ❋ Health.com (2011)

For instance, doctors may need to use a handheld imaging device known as a Doppler rather than a stethoscope to measure heart rate in obese patients, and they may need to use a longer speculum for gynecological exams. ❋ Health.com (2011)

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