echostructure

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noun

The amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounechostructure (countable and uncountable, plural echostructures)

plural echostructures

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo.

    The echostructure is mixed, cystic with more or less echogenous zones that are connective, fatty, or calcic structures.

    2012, Gabriel Kalifa, Pediatric Ultrasonography, page 304

Origin

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

Chicago

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