Definition of Sonogram

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Echogram
Generic synonyms: Icon, Ikon, Image, Picture

Definition of Sonogram

1. Noun. a medical image produced by ultrasound echo ¹

2. Noun. a spectrogram ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sonogram

1. an image produced by ultrasound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sonogram

1. Synonym: ultrasonogram. Origin: L. Sonus, sound, + G. Gramma, a drawing (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonogram

sonnetlike
sonnets
sonnetted
sonnetting
sonnies
sonny
sonny Jim
sonny boy
sonobuoy
sonobuoys
sonochemical
sonochemically
sonochemistry
sonofabitch
sonofusion
sonogram (current term)
sonogramme
sonograms
sonograph
sonographer
sonographic
sonographically
sonographies
sonography
sonolite
sonolucent
sonoluminescence
sonometer
sonometers
sonomicrometer

Literary usage of Sonogram

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons by Dorothy Q. Thomas (1996)
"Attorneys on Cason assert that the woman was given a pregnancy test and a sonogram in mid-March 1994, after another prisoner reported the incident. ..."

2. Potluck: Stories That Taste Like Hawaii by Catherine Bridges Tarleton (2001)
"Yes, there is something there and the radiologist is recommending a sonogram. "Why didn't they do that in the first place?" I ask. ..."

3. Current Issues in Women's Health by Food and Drug Administration, DIANE Publishing Company, United States (1994)
"At Marsh's insistence, the physician arranged for her to have a pelvic sonogram that day at a local hospital. "I had the sonogram and the next thing I knew, ..."

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