SONOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sonogram mean? 

• SONOGRAM (noun)
  The noun SONOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs

  Familiarity information: SONOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SONOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

echogram; sonogram

Hypernyms ("sonogram" is a kind of...):

icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)

 Context examples 

An invasive procedure in which sound waves (called ultrasound) are bounced off of vascular tissues from within the vessel and the echoes produce a picture (sonogram).

(Intravascular Ultrasound, NCI Thesaurus)

The echoes form a picture of body tissue called a sonogram.

(Endorectal ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)

Sonograms (pictures made by ultrasound) of the inside of the body are viewed on a computer to help a surgeon find tumors or other problems during the operation.

(Intraoperative ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)

A probe at the end of the endoscope is used to bounce high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal organs to make a picture (sonogram).

(Endoscopic ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)

The echoes are sent to a computer, which makes a picture called a sonogram.

(Abdominal ultrasound, NCI Dictionary)