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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study to structure and motions of the heart wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cardioechographyechocardiology

Etymology

From echo + cardiography.

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