noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈsəʊ.nəˌɡɹæm/
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US:/ˈsɑnəˌɡɹæm/
rhymes with -ɒnəɡɹæm
rhymes with -əʊnəɡɹæm
CMU ARPABET:S AO1 N AH0 G R AE2 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Clipping of ultrasonogram: A medical image produced by an ultrasound echo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echogram, ultrasonogram
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A spectrogram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To perform a sonogram upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echogram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon
History
Etymology
From Latin sonus (“sound”) + -gram, equivalent to sono- + -gram.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
ecograma
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Czech:
sonogram
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Dutch:
echogram
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
French:
échogramme
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Galician:
ecograma
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
German:
Sonogramm
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Italian:
ecogramma
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Portuguese:
ecograma
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
Spanish:
ecograma
— a medical image produced by ultrasound echo