ultrasound
/ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/
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ultrasound noun: sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
Noun
ultrasound (countable and uncountable, plural ultrasounds)
- Sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
- Antonyms:
- infrasound
- Ultrasonography.
- Medical ultrasonography.
- Therapeutically applied ultrasonic energy.
- 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.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento.2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News
Verb
ultrasound (third-person singular simple present ultrasounds, present participle ultrasounding, simple past and past participle ultrasounded)
- To treat (someone or something) with ultrasound.
ultrasound meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ultrasound in Hindi
- sound
- अल्ट्रासाउंड alṭrāsāuṇḍ
ultrasound in Tamil
- sound
- மீயொலி mīyoli
ultrasound in Marathi
- अल्ट्रासाऊंड, अल्ट्रासाउंड
ultrasound in Urdu
- sound
- بالا صَوت bālā saut
More languagesFewer languages
- ultrasound in Bengali
- শ্রবণাতীত শব্দ srobnatit śobdo
- ultrasound in Telugu
- అతిధ్వనులు atidhvanulu
- ultrasound in Malayalam
- അൾട്രാസൌണ്ട്, അൾട്രാസാൻഡ്
- ultrasound in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಟ್ರಾಸೌಂಡ್ alṭrāsauṇḍ
- ultrasound in Punjabi
- ਅਲਟਰਾਸਾਊਂਡ, ਅਲਟ੍ਰਾਸਾਊਂਡ, ਅਲਟਰਾਸਾਉਂਡ
- ultrasound in Gujarati
- અલ્ટ્રાસાઉન્ડ
- ultrasound in Odia
- ଅଲଟ୍ରାସାଉଣ୍ଡ, ଆଲ୍ଟ୍ରାସାଉଣ୍ଡ, ଅଲ୍ଟ୍ରାସାଉଣ୍ଡ
- ultrasound in Nepali
- अल्ट्रासाउन्ड, अल्ट्रासाउण्ड
- ultrasound in Tagalog
- lakdawnugan
- ultrasound in Arabic
- الْمَوْجَات فَوْقَ الصَّوْتِيَّة al-mawjāt fawqa ṣ-ṣawtiyya
- ultrasound in Malay
- ultrabunyi
- ultrasound in Persian
- فراصوت farâ-sowt
- ultrasound in Thai
- อัลตราซาวนด์ an-dtrâa-saao, อัลตร้าซาวด์ an-dtrâa-saao
- ultrasound in Vietnamese
- siêu âm
- ultrasound in Myanmar
- နှုန်းလွန်အသံလှိုင်း hnun:lwan-a.samhluing:
- Dhivehi
- އަލްޓްރާ ސައުންޑް alṭrā saun̊ḍ
Examples of ultrasound in a sentence
- Ultrasound showed that she had a retroflexed uterus.
- Serial ultrasounds and fundoscopic examinations performed during and before treatment were normal.
- Longitudinal color Doppler ultrasound of the same joint in a slightly flexed position shows marked paraarticular hyperemia.
Antonyms of ultrasound
Forms of ultrasound
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ultrasounds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ultrasounds |
| present participle | ultrasounding |
| past participle | ultrasounded |
| past | ultrasounded |
Origin of ultrasound
From ultra- + sound.
Words formed from ultrasound
Questions about ultrasound
- What does ultrasound mean?
- Ultrasound means sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing, which is approximately 20 kilohertz.
- What is ultrasound in Hindi?
- Ultrasound in Hindi is अल्ट्रासाउंड (alṭrāsāuṇḍ). See Ultrasound meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ultrasound?
- Ultrasound can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ultrasound?
- Ultrasound is pronounced /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/.
- What is the plural of ultrasound?
- The plural of ultrasound is ultrasounds.
Words near ultrasound in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ultrasound (page history and authors); ultrasound (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ultrasound (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ultrasound (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ultrasound (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ultrasound (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ultrasound (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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