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Topic: NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC

Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: stéthoscope, from Greek stethos 'chest' + French -scope

stethoscope

 noun
     
stethoscope
steth‧o‧scope [countable]
MH an instrument that a doctor uses to listen to your heart or breathing
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