Laennec
[ley-nek] /leɪˈnɛk/
noun
1.
René Théophile Hyacinthe
[ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
/French laɛnɛk/
noun
1.
René Théophile Hyacinthe (rəne teɔfil jasɛ̃t). 1781–1826, French physician, who invented the stethoscope
Laënnec Laën·nec (lā-něk’), René Théophile Hyacinthe. 1781-1826.
French physician who invented the stethoscope (ca. 1819).
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