sonography

IPA/səˈnɒɡ.rə.fɪ/
IPA/səˈnɑː.ɡrə.fi/

sonography — 名詞

1. a medical technique that sends high-frequency sound waves into the body and turn

1.名詞C1
釋義

超音波檢查

以聲波反射拍攝體內影像的診斷方法

a medical technique that sends high-frequency sound waves into the body and turns the returning echoes into live pictures of organs, tissues, or an unborn baby — used to look for problems without cutting the skin open

例句

Dr. Amara used sonography to check the blood flow in her patient's leg.

Amara 醫師用超音波檢查來確認病人腿部的血流狀況。

sonography + to check for a condition

Sonography showed that the lump in Hiroshi's thyroid gland was harmless.

超音波檢查顯示 Hiroshi 甲狀腺裡的腫塊是良性的。

常見搭配
  • diagnostic sonography
  • sonography scan
  • sonography appointment
  • sonography technician
  • sonography machine
同義詞
  • ultrasonography

    more formal full term; used in medical reports and academic papers

  • ultrasound

    broader everyday term; can refer to the sound waves, the technique, or the image

用法筆記

Distinguish from sonogram: sonography is the technique or the examination process; a sonogram is the still image it produces.

常見錯誤

The doctor handed me the sonography to look at.
The doctor handed me the sonogram to look at.
sonography is the procedure; the printed picture is called a sonogram.

同根字

  • sonographer
    名詞C1
  • sonogram
    名詞C1
  • sonographic
    形容詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • sonography scan
  • sonography appointment
  • sonography department
  • sonography technician
  • sonography training

常用片語

  • undergo sonography
  • refer for sonography
  • diagnostic medical sonography