ultrasonography (n.)

1960, from ultrasonic + -graphy.

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"having frequency beyond the audible range," 1923, from ultra- "beyond" + sonic. For sense, see supersonic.

word-forming element meaning "process of writing or recording" or "a writing, recording, or description" (in modern use especially in forming names of descriptive sciences), from French or German -graphie, from Greek -graphia "description of," used in abstract nouns from graphein "write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn," originally "to scrape, scratch" (on clay tablets with a stylus), from PIE root *gerbh- "to scratch, carve" (see carve).

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ultrasonography (n.)

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: sonography / echography / ultrasound

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