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 byultrasound 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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Examples
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Apparently there have been some upgrades in sonogram technology over the years because that there looks like an actual little person.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Why can't "sonogram" be added to my name on my list?
A Team of One aka TBTAM 2008
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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
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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.
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"We have seen what I like to call the sonogram of the birth of the universe … but we haven't seen the actual birth.
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