estetoscopio

See also: estetoscópio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéthoscope, from Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos) and French -scope or New Latin -scopium (equivalent to Spanish -scopio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estetosˈkopjo/ [es.t̪e.t̪osˈko.pjo]
• Rhymes: -opjo
• Syllabification: es‧te‧tos‧co‧pio

Noun

estetoscopio m (plural estetoscopios)

1. stethoscope (medical instrument)

Further reading

• “estetoscopio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28