στηθοσκόπιο

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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

Declension of στηθοσκόπιο
singular plural
nominative στηθοσκόπιο • στηθοσκόπια •
genitive στηθοσκόπιου • στηθοσκόπιων •
accusative στηθοσκόπιο • στηθοσκόπια •
vocative στηθοσκόπιο • στηθοσκόπια •

References

  1. ^ στηθοσκόπιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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