echogenicity

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noun

The ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.

OriginEnglish echogenic ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos →
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Meanings

nounechogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural echogenicities)

plural echogenicities

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe ability to create an echo that can be detected in an ultrasound examination.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Englishecho-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  8. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  9. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  10. Englishechogenic
  11. Englishechogenicity

From echogenic + -ity.

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APA

echogenicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echogenicity

MLA

“echogenicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echogenicity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “echogenicity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/echogenicity.

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