stethoscope

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- +‎ -scope. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛθəskəʊp/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɛθəsˌkoʊp/ === Noun === stethoscope (plural stethoscopes) (medicine) A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: stethosgop ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stethoscope (third-person singular simple present stethoscopes, present participle stethoscoping, simple past and past participle stethoscoped) (transitive) To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.