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ultrasonography vs imaging

imaging vs ultrasonography

ultrasonography and imaging both are nouns.

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

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