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sonolucent

sonolucent adjective: transparent to ultrasound.

Adjective

sonolucent (comparative more sonolucent, superlative most sonolucent)

  1. transparent to ultrasound
    • 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.2015 August 12, “Efficacy of Intrauterine Bakri Balloon Tamponade in Cesarean Section for Placenta Previa Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of sonolucent

comparativemore sonolucent
superlativemost sonolucent

Origin of sonolucent

From sono- + -lucent.

Questions about sonolucent

What does sonolucent mean?
Sonolucent means transparent to ultrasound.
What part of speech is sonolucent?
Sonolucent is an adjective.

Words near sonolucent in the dictionary

  1. sonological
  2. sonologist
  3. sonologists
  4. sonology
  5. sonolucency
  6. sonolucent
  7. sonoluminescence
  8. sonoluminescent
  9. sonolyse
  10. sonolysed
  11. sonolysis

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