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echocardiographies
Variant of echocardiography
echocardiography
definition
echo·car·di·og·ra·phy (ek′ō kär′dē äg′rə fē)
noun pl. echocardiographies -·phies
a technique for examining the internal structure of the heart, using reflections from high-frequency sound waves to form a picture or display (ech′o·car′·dio·gram′)
Related Forms:
- echocardiographic ech′o·car′·dio·graph′ic (-dē ə graf′ik) adjective
- echocardiology ech′o·car′·di·ol′·ogy (-dē äl′ə jē) noun
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