ultrasonography

English

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ sonography.

Noun

ultrasonography (countable and uncountable, plural ultrasonographies)

1. (medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce diagnostic images of the internal organs of the body, or of a foetus.

   Synonyms: echography, sonography

2. The use of ultrasound to form images of underwater structures.

   Synonym: echo sounding

Derived terms

• Doppler ultrasonography
• neuro-ultrasonography

 

Related terms

• echogenous
• ultrasonographer
• ultrasonographic

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: ecografia (ca) f
• Czech: ultrasonografie f
• Danish: ultralyd (da)
• Dutch: echografie (nl)
• French: échographie (fr) f
• Galician: ecografía (gl) f
• Greek: υπερηχογραφία (el) f (yperichografía)
• Indonesian: ultrasonografi (id)
• Italian: ecografia (it) f
• Norwegian: ultralyd (no)
• Polish: ultrasonografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ecografia f, ultrassonografia (pt), ultrassom (pt)
• Spanish: ecografía (es) f
• Turkish: ultrasonografi (tr)
• Ukrainian: узд n (uzd), ультразвукове дослідження (ulʹtrazvukove doslidžennja)