ultrasound en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ɔɫ.t͡ʃɹə.sæɔ̯nd] (Australia)
- [ɔʊ̯.t͡ʃɹə.sæɔ̯nd] (Australia)
- /ɔl.t͡ʃɹə.sæɔnd/ (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- English sound English ultrasound From ultra- + sound.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
- (countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable) Ultrasonography.
- (countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable) Ultrasonography. ▸ Medical ultrasonography.
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(countable, uncountable) Therapeutically applied ultrasonic energy.
But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento.
2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News:Ultrasound as a treatment for degenerative arthritis was in its infancy. It might eventually turn out to be as effective as the Salk vaccine, or as bogus as the science of phrenology.
1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:It’s estimated only 0.1% of antibodies circulating in the bloodstream enter the brain – this also includes the therapeutic antibodies currently used in clinical trials. An approach my team is taking is to use ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier, which increases the uptake of Alzheimer’s drugs or antibody fragments.
2018 January 18, Jürgen Götz, “Why it’s so hard to treat dementia”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ultrasounds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonultrasound · 4D ultrasound · teleultrasound · preultrasound · ultrasonosurgery · 3D ultrasound
Hypernyms
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Translations (91)
hy ուլտրաձայն (sound) · sk ultrazvuk (sound) · sh ȕltrazvūk (sound) · es ultrasonido (use of ultrasound) · lt ultragarsas (sound) · cs ultrazvuk (sound) · ko 초음파 (sound) · da ultralyd (sound) · fi ultraäänihoito (use of ultrasound) · ia ultrasono (sound) · tt ультратавыш (sound) · tk ultrases (sound) · fi ultraääni (sound) · sv ultraljud (sound) · th อัลตราซาวนด์ (sound) · it ecografia (use of ultrasound) · es ultrasonido (sound) · af ultraklank (sound) · pl ultradźwięk (sound) · mn хэт долгион (sound) · az ultrasəs (sound) · mn хэт авиа (sound) · eo ultrasono (sound) · yi אולטראַשאַל (sound) · it ultrasuono (sound) · ba ультразвук (sound) · et ultraheli (sound) · lv ultraskaņa (sound) · yue 超聲波 /超声波 (sound) · bg ултразву́к (sound) · ka ულტრაბგერა (sound) · lb Ultraschall (sound) · ta மீயொலி (sound) · sh у̏лтразвӯк (sound) · cy uwchsain (sound) · hu ultrahang (sound) · nan-hbl 超音波 (sound) · bn শ্রবণাতীত শব্দ (sound) · fi ultraäänikuvaus (use of ultrasound) · ast ultrasoníu (sound) · nl ultrageluid (sound) · sjo ᠴᠣᠣ ᡧᡝᡢ ᠪᠣ (sound) · yue 超音波 (sound) · sl ultrazvok (sound) · ky ультра үн (sound) · kk ультрадыбыс (sound) · fi ultraääni (use of ultrasound) · sq ultratingull (sound) · be ультрагу́к (sound) · my နှုန်းလွန်အသံလှိုင်း (sound) · eu ultrasoinu (sound) · mn ᠬᠡᠲᠦ ᠠᠪᠢᠶᠠ (sound) · nn ultraljod (sound) · ro ultrasunet (sound) · ur بالا صَوت (sound) · ms ultrabunyi (sound) · he אולטרה סאונד (sound) · no ultralyd (sound) · tr ultrason (sound) · tl lakdawnugan (sound) · fr ultrason (sound) · fa فراصوت (sound) · ky ультразвук (sound) · mn ᠬᠡᠲᠦ ᠳᠣᠯᠭᠢᠶᠠᠨ (sound) · te అతిధ్వనులు (sound) · tr yansılanım (sound) · tg ультрасадо (sound) · th อัลตร้าซาวด์ (sound) · uk ультразву́к (sound) · gl ultrasón (sound) · ar الْمَوْجَات فَوْقَ الصَّوْتِيَّة (sound) · km អ៊ុលត្រាសោន (sound) · vi siêu âm (sound) · cmn 超音波 (sound) · kn ಅಲ್ಟ್ರಾಸೌಂಡ್ (sound) · ca ultrasò (sound) · ru ультразву́к (sound) · se ultrajietna (sound) · hi अल्ट्रासाउंड (sound) · ja 超音波 (sound) · de Ultraschall (sound) · sah ультразвук (sound) · fi ultraäänitutkimus (use of ultrasound) · cmn 超聲波 /超声波 (sound) · pt ultrassom (sound) · kw ughson (sound) · uz ultratovush (sound) · el υπέρηχος (sound) · pnb الٹرا ساؤنڈ (sound) · dv އަލްޓްރާ ސައުންޑް (sound) · mk ултразвук (sound)
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