ultrasonography

ul·tra·so·nog·ra·phy

 (ŭl′trə-sə-nŏg′rə-fē)

n.

The use of high-frequency sound waves to image internal body structures, a developing fetus, or objects and currents that are underwater. Also called echography.

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ul′tra·so·nog′ra·pher n.

ul′tra·son′o·graph′ic (-sŏn′ə-grăf′ĭk, -sō′nə-) adj.

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ultrasonography

(ˌʌltrəsəˈnɒɡrəfɪ)

n

(Medicine) the technique of using ultrasound to produce pictures of structures within the body, as for example of a fetus

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ul•tra•so•nog•ra•phy

(ˌʌl trə səˈnɒg rə fi, -soʊ-)

n.

a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected ultrasonic waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.

[1950–55]

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ultrasound, ultrasonography - Ultrasounds and ultrasonography work on the principle that sound is reflected at different speeds by tissues or substances of different densities.

See also related terms for reflected.

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Noun

1.

ultrasonography - 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 echography, sonography, 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

ecografía

échographie

ul·tra·so·nog·ra·phy

n. ultrasonografía, técnica de diagnóstico que emplea ultrasonido para producir imágenes de una estructura o de tejidos del cuerpo.

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ultrasonography

n ecografía (técnica); Doppler — ecografía Doppler; duplex — ecografía dúplex

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