Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in the use of the stethoscope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.

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  • noun One skilled in the use of the stethoscope.

Etymologies

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stethoscope +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • For these I was auriscoped by an aurist, laryngoscoped by a laryngologist, ausculted by a stethoscopist, and so on, until a complete inventory of my organs was made out, and I found that if I believed all these searching inquirers professed to have detected in my unfortunate person, I could repeat with too literal truth the words of the General Confession, 'And there is no health in us.'

    Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • For these I was auriscoped by an aurist, laryngoscoped by a laryngologist, ausculted by a stethoscopist, and so on, until a complete inventory of my organs was made out, and I found that if I believed all these searching inquirers professed to have detected in my unfortunate person, I could repeat with too literal truth the words of the General Confession, "And there is no health in us."

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

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