HealthAugust 17, 2026
ultrasonography
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Definition
A medical imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves to create visual images of structures within the body.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'ultra' (beyond) and the Greek 'sonus' (sound) combined with the Greek suffix '-graphia' (writing or recording), it describes the process of recording images using sound waves beyond the range of human hearing.
In the news
The term is used to describe how clinicians initially confirmed the presence of a mass protruding from the fetus's oral cavity. It is crucial here as the primary diagnostic tool that alerted the medical team to the rare anomaly.
This Fetus Had a Parasitic Twin in an Unusual Location
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