echography (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *echography*:
NOUN	act	echography, sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound	using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram)

echography > pronunciation
Sounds	ehkaa'grahfiy
Rhymes	apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy...

English > *echography*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe / observe fetal growth or study bodily organs.
Synonyms	sonography, ultrasonography, ultrasound
Narrower	A-scan ultrasonography	The use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
Narrower	B-scan ultrasonography	The use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
Broader	imaging, tomography	(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
Broader	prenatal diagnosis	Any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality
Spanish	ecografía, ultrasonido
Catalan	ecografia, ultrasò

HyperDic: echography