Etymology

stethoscope

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Today it means: A medical instrument used for listening to sounds produced within the body. Full definition →

French stéthoscope
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  1. French · borrowed fromstéthoscope
  2. English todaystethoscope

Borrowed from French stéthoscope, a word coined by its inventor, physician René Laennec, equivalent to stetho- + -scope.

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