Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
very high frequency sound;
used in ultrasonography;
2.
using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram);
commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs;
[syn: sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ultrasound
n 1: very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography
2: using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to
construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly
used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs [syn:
sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound]