echocardiography

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́

Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy

Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)

Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.

Latin ēchō

Medieval Latin ēccōbor.

Middle English eccho

English echo

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂

Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā

Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor.

English cardio-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.

French -graphieder.

English -graphy

English cardiography

English echocardiography

From echo + cardiography.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

echocardiography (countable and uncountable, plural echocardiographies)

1. (medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician.

   Hypernyms: sonography, ultrasonography < imaging

Derived terms

• echocardiographical

Related terms

• echocardiogram (the image produced by the device)
• echocardiograph (the device that creates the image)
• electrocardiography (not to be confused)

Translations

use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart

• Catalan: ecocardiografia f
• Czech: echokardiografie (cs) f
• Finnish: sydämen ultraäänikuvaus, ekokardiografia
• French: échocardiographie (fr) f
• Hungarian: echokardiográfia (hu)
• Indonesian: ekokardiografi
• Italian: ecocardiografia (it) f
• Portuguese: ecocardiografia f
• Russian: эхокардиография (ru) f (exokardiografija)
• Spanish: ecocardiografía f
• Turkish: ekokardiyografi, kalp ultrasonu

See also

• electrocardiography (a form of electrophysiology not to be hastily confused)

Anagrams

• cardioechography