sonologyn.
/səˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /səˈnɑlədʒi/ 1. The field of study concerned with sound design and the use of technology in musical composition and performance.The field of sonology is closely associated with the Institute of Sonology, formerly at the University of Utrecht but now part of the Royal Conservatory of the Hague.
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1969 Electronic Music Rep. No. 1. 2 The decision was made in the Institute of Sonology at Utrecht University to publish the Electronic Music Reports, of which this is the first issue.
1973 Perspectives New Music 12 360 The investigation of the strategical task environment of grammars, and studies in sonology are..indispensable prerequisites of an explication of musical competence.
1999 B. Truax in J. Tabor Otto Laske i. 27 Laske seized on the formulation as a cogent metaphor to distinguish sonology from acoustics.
2006 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 17 Mar. 10/4 He also did post-graduate studies in Sonology at Koninklijk Conservatorium.
2. Medicine. Ultrasonography; esp. (in later use) that performed by medical professionals at the point of care in order to inform immediate clinical decisions, as in an emergency or during surgery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > ultrasonography > [noun]
sonography1952
sonar1962
ultrasonography1980
sonology1984
1984 Jrnl. Med. Engin. & Technol. 8 2 Interventional sonology/sonopaediatrics.
2000 Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 102 8/1 In neurovascular sonology, harmonic imaging has been investigated in combination with echocontrast agents.
2015 European Jrnl. Trauma & Emergency Surg. 41 457/1 Sonology, or the science of performing bedside ultrasound exam and the associated clinical interpretation, is now an established scientific discipline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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