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noun
A device that uses ultrasound to produce images of the heart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Broader terms: sonograph, ultrasonograph, device
noun
a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sonograph
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2gh-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākhā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)der. English echo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English cardiograph English echocardiograph From echo- + cardiograph.
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