| ISA | NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST |
| SUBCLASSES | ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY TRANSRECTAL-ULTRASOUND TRANSVAGINAL-ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| DESCENDANTS | ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY TRANSRECTAL-ULTRASOUND TRANSVAGINAL-ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
| ANCESTORS | ALL DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE EVENT HEALTH-SERVE MEDICAL-SERVE NONINVASIVE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT SERVICE-EVENT SOCIAL-EVENT WORK-ACTIVITY |
| RELATIONS | ORIGIN-OF : SONOGRAM |
| ultrasound | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: noninvasive diagnostic procedure to locate and measure solid tumors in the body using very high frequency sound waves. A transducer, a device that transmits sound waves, is rubbed over a site in the body where the skin has been covered with a lubricating gel. Echoes are transmitted to the computer and converted into images, which can show possible abnormalities. This is a diagnostic procedure for many different cancers. (en) check date: 12/08/2001 |
| US | term type: acronym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: see ultrasound. (en) |
| ultrasonography | definition: see ultrasound. (en) term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular reliability code: 10 |
| sonography | reliability code: 10 term type: synonym definition: diagnostic procedure to locate and measure solid tumors in the body using very high frequency sound waves. A transducer, a device that transmits sound waves, is rubbed over a site in the body where the skin has been covered with a lubricating gel. Echoes are transmitted to the computer and converted into images, which can show possible abnormalities. This is a diagnostic procedure for many different cancers. (en) number: singular part of speech: noun |
| sonografía | definition: ver ecografía. (en) term type: synonym part of speech: noun gender: masculine number: singular reliability code: 10 |
| ultrasonografía | reliability code: 10 term type: synonym part of speech: noun number: singular gender: feminine definition: técnica de diagnóstico por imagen, basada en la diferente capacidad de los tejidos de reflejar o refractar ondas de ultrasonido. Las ondas transmitidas a un ordenador se convierten en imágenes en las que se ven posibles anormalidades.Esta técnica se emplea en el diagnóstico de muchos tipos de cáncer. (es) |
| ecografía | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun number: singular gender: feminine reliability code: 10 definition: técnica de diagnóstico por imagen, basada en la diferente capacidad de los tejidos de reflejar o refractar ondas de ultrasonido. Las ondas transmitidas a un ordenador se convierten en imágenes en las que se ven posibles anormalidades. Esta técnica se emplea en el diagnóstico de muchos tipos de cáncer. (es) |
| Ultraschall-Untersuchung | term type: main entry term part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 definition: Verfahren zur bildlichen Darstellung verschiedener Körperregionen mit Hilfe von Ultraschallwellen, das zur erstmaligen Diagnose und zur Verlaufskontrolle von Erkrankungen in vielen Bereichen der Medizin Anwendung findet. Dazu zählen: die Untersuchung des Bauchraums, bei der Leber, Gallenblase, Milz, Bauchspeicheldrüse, Nieren, Lymphknoten und Gefäße dargestellt werden. Die Untersuchung der Schilddrüse: Dadurch sind Zysten, Tumore und Organvergrößerungen oder -verkleinerungen darstellbar. (de) |
| Sonographie | term type: synonym part of speech: noun gender: feminine number: singular reliability code: 10 cross-reference: definition: ULTRASOUND |