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ultrasonography

(-sə nägrə fē)

noun

the technique of using ultrasound to form an image or picture

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See ultrasonography in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Diagnostic imaging in which ultrasound is used to image an internal body structure or a developing fetus.
  2. An imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves to visualize underwater surfaces, boundaries, objects, and currents. In both senses also called echography.

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  • ulˌtra·so·nogˈra·pher noun
  • ulˌtra·sonˌo·graphˈic (-sŏnˌə-grăfˈĭk, -sōˌnə-) adjective

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