echography

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noun

The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid.

Similar
sonographyultrasonographyultrasound
OriginAncient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- →
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Meanings

nounechography (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounusing 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

Similar
sonographyultrasonographyultrasound
Broader
imagingtomographyprenatal diagnosis
Also see
sonographyultrasonographyultrasound

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*wākʰā́
  3. Ancient Greekἠχή (ēkhḗ)
  4. Ancient Greekἠχώ (ēkhṓ)
  5. Englishecho-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  10. Englishechography

From echo- + -graphy.

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Translations

Catalan ecografia
  • ecografiathe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
Esperanto eĥografio
  • eĥografiothe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
French échographie
  • échographiethe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
Italian ecografia
  • ecografiathe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
Persian پژواکنگاری
  • پژواکنگاری (pežvâk-negâri)the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
Russian сонография, ульразвуковое исследование
  • сонография (sonografija)the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
  • ульразвуковое исследование (ulʹrazvukovoje issledovanije)the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid
Spanish ecografía
  • ecografíathe use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with echography

photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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