echocardiograph

[ek-oh-kahr-dee-uh-graf, -grahf]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.

Other Word Forms

• echocardiographic adjective
• echocardiographical adjective
• echocardiographically adverb
• echocardiography noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of echocardiograph¹

echo + cardiograph