στηθοσκόπιο

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French stéthoscope,[1] from Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos, breast) + σκοπέω (skopéō, look at).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sti.θoˈsko.pi.o/
  • Hyphenation: στη‧θο‧σκό‧πι‧ο

Noun

στηθοσκόπιο • (stithoskópio) n (plural στηθοσκόπια)

  1. (medicine) stethoscope

Declension

References

  1. στηθοσκόπιο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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