Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An image, as of a fetus in utero or an internal body organ, produced by ultrasonography.

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  • noun a medical image produced by ultrasound echo
  • noun a spectrogram

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  • noun 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

Etymologies

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From Latin sonus ("sound") + English suffix -gram.

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Examples

  • Apparently there have been some upgrades in sonogram technology over the years because that there looks like an actual little person.

    Sprout | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • However, this effect would have very little to do with the additional hassle or expense of undergoing a sonogram, which is quick and inexpensive.

    Balkinization 2007

  • Bills such as the one recently debated in Mississippi requiring that women seeking abortions be offered an opportunity to view a sonogram are also likely to be popular: the pro-life movement has discovered that viewing an ultrasound of the fetus early in pregnancy may change the way some parents think about abortion.

    The Day After Roe 2006

  • The most common screening test performed during pregnancy is ultrasound, which produces an image known as a sonogram.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • The most common screening test performed during pregnancy is ultrasound, which produces an image known as a sonogram.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Bills such as the one recently debated in Mississippi requiring that women seeking abortions be offered an opportunity to view a sonogram are also likely to be popular: the pro-life movement has discovered that viewing an ultrasound of the fetus early in pregnancy may change the way some parents think about abortion.

    The Day After Roe 2006

  • Why can't "sonogram" be added to my name on my list?

    A Team of One aka TBTAM 2008

  • There would then be a rover deployed to study the surface with my particle physics "sonogram" included I hope and an nuclear reactor "drill" probe dropped through the ice.

    Europa Capable of Supporting Life, Scientist Says | Universe Today 2009

  • The picture looks much like a "sonogram" that pregnant women have to see the out line of their baby and shows the location of faults that may contain geothermal fluids.

    Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines 2009

  • "We have seen what I like to call the sonogram of the birth of the universe … but we haven't seen the actual birth.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

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