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SONOGRAPH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument that uses the differential transmission and reflection of ultrasonic waves in order to provide an image of a bodily organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sonograph" is a kind of...):
instrument (a device that requires skill for proper use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sonograph"):
echocardiograph (a sonograph that creates an image of the heart and its abnormalities)
echoencephalograph (a sonograph that creates an image of the brain and its abnormalities)