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echograph

echograph

8.8
A machine that makes images inside the body using sound waves
  • noun
  • /ˈiːkəˌɡrɑːf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ecógrafo
  • The doctor used an echograph to monitor the baby's heartbeat.

Examples

  • She scheduled an appointment for an echograph exam on her liver.

  • Modern clinics often rely on an echograph for quick and non-invasive diagnoses.

  • The echograph is ready.

  • Can you see the echograph results?

  • Modern clinics often rely on an echograph for quick and non-invasive diagnoses.

  • She scheduled an appointment for an echograph exam on her liver.

  • The doctor used an echograph to monitor the baby's heartbeat.

Surface Forms

echograph singular
echographs plural

Morphology

echograph = echo + graph (semi-transparent) = echo + graph

The form clearly combines echo and graph, but the medical ultrasound sense is a specialized extension that is not fully predictable from the parts alone.

Etymology

Echograph combines echo- meaning 'sound' and -graph meaning 'to write' or 'record', much like photograph records light. So an echograph is a machine that 'writes' pictures with sound waves, which is why doctors use it to see inside the body.