medical instrument
2
3.9
- noun
- /ˈmɛdɪkəl ˈɪnstrəmənt/
:
instrumento médico
- The surgeon carefully arranged the medical instruments on the table before the operation began.
- sterilize medical instruments
- use of medical instruments
Examples
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The stethoscope is one of several medical instruments that are recognized by laypeople as belonging in a doctor's office and that have significance in the consultation that extends beyond the instrument's physical functionality.
Blog text (18) -
That bag had once held his stethoscope, patella reflex hammer, thermometer, hypodermics, laryngoscope, and the rest of his medical instruments, and though he had not touched any of them in years, it had pained him to remove them so that the bag could be used for its new purpose.
Fiction book (1994) -
Are there medical instruments on display?
Academic text (2010) -
Glass cabinets, locked, containing medical instruments.
Fiction book (1990) -
Homer's medical instruments are displayed and ready.
Fiction book (1999) -
They fall against a tray of medical instruments.
Fiction book (1998) -
Clay pulls on a doctor's smock, picks up a scalpel from a table covered with various medical instruments.
Fiction book (1998) -
At the Pennsylvania State University, the Mashavu (Swahili for "chubby cheeks") project is developing low-cost medical instruments from plastic pipe, cardboard, and Velcro.
Academic text (2011) -
All the medical instruments in the clinic are regularly sterilized to ensure patient safety.
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During the demonstration, the doctor showcased various medical instruments used for diagnosing patients.
Synonyms
187
3.6
A tool used by a skilled person for work like surgery or science
3
3.8
A tool a surgeon uses during an operation to cut, hold, or move body tissue
How Complex
- Specialized
- Specialized
2
5.3
2
3.9
- Specialized
24
3.5
- Specialized
71
4.2
- Specialized
4
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tool or device used in medicine' is directly and transparently derived from 'medical' (relating to medicine) + 'instrument' (a tool or device). This simple noun–noun combination follows common compositional patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Medical instrument is a simple name: medical means about doctors and healing and instrument means a tool. Imagine a doctor picking a small tool from a tray to look inside, fix a patient, or do an operation. That's why the phrase means 'a tool used in medicine' today.