ultrasound 
1. very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography • Derivationally related forms: ultrasonic • Hypernyms: sound 2. 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 • Syn: sonography, ultrasonography, echography • Hypernyms: imaging, tomography, prenatal diagnosis • Hyponyms: A-scan ultrasonography, B-scan ultrasonography
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