| NOUN | phenomenon | ultrasound | very high frequency sound |
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| act | ultrasound, sonography, ultrasonography, echography | using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram) |
| Sounds | ah.ltrahsaw'nd | |
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| Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... | |
| Meaning | Very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography. | |
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| Broader | sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium |
| Spanish | ultrasonido | |
| Adjectives | ultrasonic | having frequencies above those of audible sound |
| 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. | |
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| Synonyms | sonography, ultrasonography, echography | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | imaging, tomography | (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body |
| prenatal diagnosis | Any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality | |
| Spanish | ecografía, ultrasonido | |
| Catalan | ecografia, ultrasò | |
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