echography

e·chog·ra·phy

 (ĕ-kŏg′rə-fē)

n.

See ultrasonography.

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echography

(ɛˈkɒɡrəfɪ)

n

(Medicine) medical examination of the internal structures of the body by means of ultrasound

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echography

A diagnostic method of examining the chest area using ultrasound (high-frequency) waves to produce a recording, called an echogram.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

echography - 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 sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound prenatal diagnosis - any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality tomography, imaging - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body A-scan ultrasonography - the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball B-scan ultrasonography - the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye

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Translations

ecografia

ech·og·ra·phy

n. ecografía. V.: ultrasonography

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