🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

청진기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: cheongjingi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stethoscope/ˈstɛθ.əˌskoʊp/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"의사가 청진기로 환자의 가슴을 진찰했습니다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A medical instrument used for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing.

    "The doctor placed the stethoscope on the patient's chest to listen to his heartbeat."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'stethoscope' originates from the Greek words 'stethos', meaning 'chest', and 'skopein', meaning 'to look or examine'. It was first coined in the early 19th century as a medical instrument to listen to internal sounds of a patient's body.

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