echocardiography
English
Etymology
From echo + cardiography.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
echocardiography (countable and uncountable, plural echocardiographies)
- (medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician.
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Translations
use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart
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See also
- electrocardiography (a form of electrophysiology not to be hastily confused)