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noun
The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prenatal diagnosis, imaging, tomography
Narrower terms: A-scan ultrasonography, B-scan ultrasonography
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 *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English echography From echo- + -graphy.
Across languages
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