Meanings
nounechocardiograph (plural echocardiographs)
plural echocardiographs
- medicineA device that uses ultrasound to produce images of the heart.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
- Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
- Englishecho-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
- Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
- Englishcardio-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Englishcardiograph
- Englishechocardiograph
From echo- + cardiograph.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 超聲心動圖儀 /超声心动图仪
- 超聲心動圖儀 /超声心动图仪medical device
Czech echokardiograf
- echokardiografmedical device
Finnish kaikukardiografi, kaikukuvauslaite
- kaikukardiografimedical device
- kaikukuvauslaitemedical device
Cite this entry
APA
echocardiograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echocardiograph
MLA
“echocardiograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echocardiograph. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echocardiograph,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echocardiograph.
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