"ultrasound" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Very high frequency sound;
Used in ultrasonography (synset 111501609)
is a type of: sound - mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
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 (synset 100903487)
is a type of:
- prenatal diagnosis - any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality
- imaging, tomography - (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
subtypes:
- a-scan ultrasonography - the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball
- b-scan ultrasonography - the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
same as: echography, sonography, ultrasonography