ultrasound
noun
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Sense 1 noun
very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography
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Sense 2 noun
using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ultrasonic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | prenatal diagnosis |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tomography |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | A-scan ultrasonography |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | B-scan ultrasonography |