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echocardiograph

echocardiograph

6.3
A machine that uses sound waves to make pictures of the heart to check how it works
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkoʊˈkɑrdioʊˌɡræf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ecocardiograma
  • The doctor used an echocardiograph to examine the patient's heart function.

Examples

  • An echocardiograph can help detect heart defects.

  • Modern hospitals are equipped with the latest echocardiograph technology for cardiac assessments.

  • A portable echocardiograph is especially useful in emergency situations.

  • The doctor used an echocardiograph to examine the patient's heart.

  • The doctor used an echocardiograph to examine the patient's heart function during the check-up.

  • A portable echocardiograph is essential for assessing patients in remote locations.

  • Modern hospitals utilize advanced echocardiograph machines to identify potential heart diseases.

Synonyms

ultrasound scanner
vsechocardiograph
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A machine that makes pictures of the inside of the body using sound waves

targets the heart to find structural or functional abnormalities
sonograph
vsechocardiograph
  • Specialized
8.2

A machine that makes pictures of the inside of the body using sound waves

focuses only on the heart and detects abnormalities
echograph
vsechocardiograph
  • Specialized
8.8

A machine that makes images inside the body using sound waves

is specialized for imaging the heart to detect abnormalities

How Advanced

echocardiograph
  • Specialized
6.3
angiograph
  • Specialized
7.5
ultrasound
  • Specialized
109 4.1

Surface Forms

echocardiograph singular
echocardiographs plural

Morphology

echocardiograph = cardiograph (semi-transparent) = echo + cardio + graph

The word is clearly built on the recognizable medical base 'cardiograph', but the ultrasound-based imaging sense is specialized and not fully predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

Echocardiograph comes from three parts: echo ('sound'), cardio ('heart'), and graph ('record' or 'write'), the same graph you see in photograph. So an echocardiograph is a machine that 'records' the heart by using sound echoes to make pictures.