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hypoechogenic

hypoechogenic adjective: minimally echogenic, as is normal in some tissue types and unusual in others.

Adjective

hypoechogenic (comparative more hypoechogenic, superlative most hypoechogenic)

  1. Minimally echogenic, as is normal in some tissue types and unusual in others.
    • The ultrasound showed an ellipsoidal hypoechogenic area in the muscle […]2015, MC Cojocaru et al., “Trigger points – ultrasound and thermal findings”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume 8

Forms of hypoechogenic

comparativemore hypoechogenic
superlativemost hypoechogenic

Origin of hypoechogenic

From hypo- + echogenic.

Questions about hypoechogenic

What does hypoechogenic mean?
Hypoechogenic means minimally echogenic, as is normal in some tissue types and unusual in others.
What part of speech is hypoechogenic?
Hypoechogenic is an adjective.

Words near hypoechogenic in the dictionary

  1. hypodynamic
  2. hypodysfibrinogenemia
  3. hypodysplasia
  4. hypodysplastic
  5. hypoecho
  6. hypoechogenic
  7. hypoechogenicity
  8. hypoechoic
  9. hypoechoicism
  10. hypoechoicity
  11. hypoed

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