stethoscopic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- stethoscopically adverb
Etymology
Origin of stethoscopic
First recorded in 1820–30; stethoscope + -ic
Example Sentences
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He has a stethoscopic ear for the sounds disappointment can squeeze from a human heart.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2014
Whether the patient actually has heart trouble or not, the doctor can make him think he has by listening too long to the stethoscopic murmurings.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Mr. Kumar visited the zoo, it was to take the pulse of the universe, and his stethoscopic mind always confirmed to him that everything was in order, that everything was order.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
A receiving diaphragm is placed in another and near-by chamber, which is provided with very sensitive stethoscopic ear-pieces, by which the Morse characters sent from another vessel may be received.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
The pulse was perfectly natural, as were also the sounds of the lungs and heart, so far as I was enabled to make a stethoscopic examination.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by Hammond, William Alexander
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