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Definition of Stethos

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Stethoscope
Stethoscope Steth"o*scope, v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. --M. W. Savage.
Stethoscopist
Stethoscopist Ste*thos"co*pist, n. One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.
Stethoscopy
Stethoscopy Ste*thos"co*py, n. The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.

Meaning of Stethos from wikipedia

- The genus name Rhodostethia is from Ancient Gr**** rhodon, "rose", and stethos, "breast". The specific rosea is Latin for "rose-coloured". This small...
- prostrate, stratify, stratum, stratus, street steth- chest Gr**** στῆθος (stêthos) stethoscope sthen- strength Gr**** σθένος (sthénos) asthenia, asthenosphere...
- upper chest, the area above the breast and under the neck Gr**** στῆθος (stêthos), chest, cuir**** stethoscope stheno- strength, force, power Gr**** σθένος...
- He named his instrument the stethoscope, from the Gr**** words στήθος[stethos] (chest), and σκοπός[skopos] (examination). The stethoscope quickly gained...
- combination of peri, meaning "around", and stedion, which is a diminutive of stethos, which is Gr**** for "breast" or "chest", an allusion to the bony plates...
- bodies. The genus is named combining the Gr**** words leukos ('white') and stethos ('chest'). The following species are recognised in the genus Leucostethus:...
- Europe and North America. Stethacanthus comes from the Gr**** στῆθος (stēthos), meaning "chest", and ἄκανθος (akanthos), meaning "spine" or "thorn"....
- prostrate, stratify, stratum, stratus, street steth- chest Gr**** στῆθος (stêthos) stethoscope sthen- strength Gr**** σθένος (sthénos) asthenia, asthenosphere...
- westward, Agesilaus found the Theban army formed up in a hill named Graos Stethos (probably the modern Golemi), but he ignored them and marched straight...
- commonly called a "microphone". Laennec called his device the "stethoscope" (stetho- + -scope, "chest scope"), and he called its use "mediate auscultation"...