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sonogram

[son-uh-gram, soh-nuh-]
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noun Medicine/Medical.
  1. the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
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Origin of sonogram

First recorded in 1955–60; sono- + -gram1
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British Dictionary definitions for sonogram

sonogram

noun
  1. physics a three-dimensional representation of a sound signal, using coordinates of frequency, time, and intensity
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Word Origin and History for sonogram

n.

1956, from comb. form of Latin sonus (see sound (n.1)) + -gram. Related: Sonograph (1951).

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sonogram in Medicine

sonogram

(sŏn′ə-grăm′, sō′nə-)
n.
  1. An image, as of an unborn fetus, produced by ultrasonography.echogram sonograph ultrasonogram
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