noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid. uncountable
2. 2
   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 wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

sonographysonographyultrasonographyultrasound

Etymology

From echo- + -graphy.

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