English edit

Etymology edit

sono- +‎ lucent

Adjective edit

sonolucent (comparative more sonolucent, superlative most sonolucent)

  1. transparent to ultrasound
    • 2015 August 12, “Efficacy of Intrauterine Bakri Balloon Tamponade in Cesarean Section for Placenta Previa Patients”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Placenta accreta is diagnosed using gray scale ultrasound and the suggestive signs of placenta accreta were presence of placental vascular lacunae, loss of a sonolucent area, interruption of bladder-uterine serosa and visualization of a focal protruding mass between the placenta and bladder.