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English noun: ultrasound | |||
| 1. | ultrasound (phenomenon) very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound | ||
| 2. | ultrasound (act) using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs | ||
| Synonyms | echography, sonography, ultrasonography | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imaging, prenatal diagnosis, tomography | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | A-scan ultrasonography, B-scan ultrasonography | ||
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