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echogenic

echogenic adjective: describing any inner part of the body that reflects sound waves and thus produces echos that may be detected using ultrasound scanners.

Adjective

echogenic (comparative more echogenic, superlative most echogenic)

  1. Describing any inner part of the body that reflects sound waves and thus produces echos that may be detected using ultrasound scanners.

Forms of echogenic

comparativemore echogenic
superlativemost echogenic

Origin of echogenic

From echo- + -genic.

Words formed from echogenic

Questions about echogenic

What does echogenic mean?
Echogenic means describing any inner part of the body that reflects sound waves and thus produces echos that may be detected using ultrasound scanners.
What part of speech is echogenic?
Echogenic is an adjective.

Words near echogenic in the dictionary

  1. echoers
  2. echoes
  3. echoest
  4. echoeth
  5. echoey
  6. echogenic
  7. echogenicities
  8. echogenicity
  9. echogenous
  10. echogram
  11. echograms

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