ultrasound
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
ultrasound (countable and uncountable, plural ultrasounds)
- (physics) Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
- (medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
- 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.
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "physics"): infrasound
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sound
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use of ultrasound
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Verb edit
ultrasound (third-person singular simple present ultrasounds, present participle ultrasounding, simple past and past participle ultrasounded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To treat with ultrasound.