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ultrasound /ˈʌltrəsaʊnd /noun [mass noun]1Sound or other vibrations having an ultrasonic frequency, particularly as used in medical imaging: [as modifier]: an ultrasound scanner...- Echocardiography is the study of the heart using high frequency sound waves or ultrasound.
- The big brother of ultrasound, infrasound means frequencies too low to be heard by the human ear.
- It has a video camera eye, and several ultrasound sensors which emit pulses of sound and can measure the distance from an object by the echo.
1.1 [count noun] An ultrasound scan, especially one of a pregnant woman to examine the fetus: I have to take my daughter-in-law for her ultrasound...- ‘They have to have hormonal injections, come for ultrasounds, scans, blood tests - and honestly I can't see anybody doing it for free,’ says Tan.
- These tests may include blood tests, urinalysis and imaging studies, such as ultrasounds or angiography.
- Does she get yearly ultrasounds and blood tests to screen for ovarian cancer?
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