HyperDic: sonography

English > 1 sense of the word sonography:
NOUNactsonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasoundusing the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram)
English > sonography: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningUsing 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.
Synonymsultrasonography, echography, ultrasound
NarrowerA-scan ultrasonographyThe use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
B-scan ultrasonographyThe use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
Broaderimaging, tomography(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
prenatal diagnosisAny of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality
Spanishecografía, ultrasonido
Catalanecografia, ultrasò

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