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prenatal diagnosis vs sonography

sonography vs prenatal diagnosis

prenatal diagnosis and sonography both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prenatal diagnosis Yes No No No
sonography Yes No No No
As nouns, sonography is a hyponym of prenatal diagnosis; that is, sonography is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prenatal diagnosis:
  • prenatal diagnosis: any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality
  • sonography: 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
Other hyponyms of prenatal diagnosis include echography, ultrasonography, ultrasound, amnio, amniocentesis, fetoscopy, foetoscopy.
prenatal diagnosis (noun) sonography (noun)
any of the diagnostic procedures used to determine whether a fetus has a genetic abnormality 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
Difference between prenatal diagnosis and sonography

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