phonendoscope


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phonendoscope

(fəˈnɛndəˌskəʊp)
n
(Medicine) an instrument that amplifies small sounds, esp within the human body
[C20: from phono- + endo- + -scope]
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The heart and respiratory rates were measured with the aid of a phonendoscope over a one-minute period, while temperatures were measured using a clinical digital thermometer according to Pugh [12].
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The invention of the Phonendoscope in 1894 by Florentines Eugenio Bazzi and Aurelio Bianchi, led to the introduction of a stethoscope bell with a flatter profile (3,4).
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