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ultrasound

noun

Etymology

From ultra- + sound.

  1. derived from sonō
  2. derived from soner
  3. derived from suner
  4. inherited from sownden
  5. derived from *swenh₂-✻
  6. derived from sonus
  7. derived from son
  8. derived from sun
  9. inherited from sownde
  10. formed as ultrasound — “ultra- + sound”

Definitions

  1. Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is…

    Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.

  2. Ultrasonography.

  3. Therapeutically applied ultrasonic energy.

    • Ultrasound as a treatment for degenerative arthritis was in its infancy. It might eventually turn out to be as effective as the Salk vaccine, or as bogus as the science of phrenology.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To treat with ultrasound.

The neighborhood

Derived

3D ultrasound, 4D ultrasound

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ultrasound. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA