A-SCAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does A-scan ultrasonography mean? 

• A-SCAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun A-SCAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. the use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball

  Familiarity information: A-SCAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• A-SCAN ULTRASONOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeball

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("A-scan ultrasonography" is a kind of...):

echography; sonography; ultrasonography; ultrasound (using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs)