sonogram

/ˈsəʊnəɡræm/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɔnəɡrˌæm] /ˈsəʊnəɡræm/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɔnəɡrˌæm] /ˈsä-nə-ˌgram How to pronounce sonogram (audio)/ (ame, mw)

sonogram — noun

  • sonogramsingular
  • sonogramsplural

1. the picture created during an ultrasound examination, often showing a baby in th

1.名詞B2
釋義

the picture created during an ultrasound examination, often showing a baby in the womb or another part inside the body

例句

Hana smiled when the doctor printed the baby's first sonogram.

print the baby's first sonogram

Eli kept the sonogram in his wallet after the hospital visit.

同義詞
  • ultrasound image

    a longer, more explicit phrase for the same picture

  • scan

    broader word that can mean many kinds of medical pictures or tests

  • image

    very general and not limited to medicine or ultrasound

文法句型

a sonogram of [baby/body part]

look at a sonogram

show someone a sonogram

用法筆記

Usually names the picture, not the examination itself. In everyday medical talk, people often say ultrasound for the test and sonogram for the printed or digital image.

常見錯誤

❌The clinic bought a new sonogram.
✅The clinic bought a new ultrasound machine.
💡A sonogram is the picture, not the machine.
❌The nurse performed a sonogram this morning.
✅The nurse performed an ultrasound this morning.
💡Sonogram most precisely refers to the image produced by the test.