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echocardiography

echocardiography definition

echo·car·di·og·ra·phy (ek′ō kär′dē äg′rə fē)

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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