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sonography vs tomography

tomography vs sonography

sonography and tomography both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sonography Yes No No No
tomography Yes No No No
As nouns, tomography is a hypernym of sonography; that is, tomography is a word with a broader meaning than sonography:
  • 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
  • tomography: (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
Other hypernyms of sonography include prenatal diagnosis, imaging.
sonography (noun) tomography (noun)
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 (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
Difference between sonography and tomography

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