echography

e·chog·ra·phy  (-kgr-f)

n.

See ultrasonography.

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echography [ɛˈkɒgrəfɪ]

n

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

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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