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prenatal diagnosis vs ultrasound

ultrasound vs prenatal diagnosis

prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prenatal diagnosis Yes No No No
ultrasound Yes No No No
As nouns, ultrasound is a hyponym of prenatal diagnosis; that is, ultrasound 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
  • 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
Other hyponyms of prenatal diagnosis include echography, sonography, ultrasonography, amnio, amniocentesis, fetoscopy, foetoscopy.
prenatal diagnosis (noun) ultrasound (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
very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography
Difference between prenatal diagnosis and ultrasound

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