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sonogram

sonogram

26 4.4
An image of the inside of the body made by sound waves to check a baby or organs
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊnəˌɡræm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ecografía
  • The sonogram shows that you have a mass in your pelvis roughly the size of a tangerine.
  • longitudinal sonogram

We did a hydro sonogram and we did our very first IUI and it worked.

Examples

  • I'm gonna need a sonogram right away.

    Henry Fool (1998)

  • Sweet baby showed right up on the sonogram real quick!

    Blog text (26)

  • I just got the sonogram done.

    No Looking Back (1998)

  • A sonogram of my son.

    Double Team (1997)

  • I was getting a sonogram and was hoping to find out the sex of the baby.

    Blog text (29)

  • "Do you want to see the sonogram?" the doctor asked.

    Blog text (33)

  • We just had the 9-week sonogram a few days ago.

    Blog text (7)

  • Now, this is a sonogram of a 23-week-old fetus.

    Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)

  • Mrs. Parrish is in for a second trimester sonogram.

    Junior (1994)

  • The doctor reviewed the sonogram to check on the development of the fetus.

Synonyms

ultrasound
vssonogram
  • Specialized
109 4.1

A scan using high sound waves to make images of the inside of the body

is the image produced by that technique rather than the action
echogram
vssonogram
  • Specialized
1 7.9

An image made with sound waves to show internal organs or a baby before birth

is used especially to check a fetus or internal organs
ultrasonogram
vssonogram
  • Specialized
4.6

A picture of the inside of the body made using sound waves for doctors to check

is used especially to check a fetus or internal organs
US
vssonogram
  • Specialized
3.7

A scan that uses sound waves to make images inside the body

is the image produced by that procedure

Surface Forms

sonogram singular
sonograms plural

Morphology

sonogram = sono + gram (semi-transparent) = sono + gram

While the components 'sono' and 'gram' are clear, the specific medical application is specialized.

Etymology

Sonogram comes from sonus 'sound' and -gram 'a drawing or record', like the root in sonic and the ending in diagram, so it literally means a 'sound picture' — a picture made with sound waves to show the inside of the body.