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ultrasonography vs tomography

tomography vs ultrasonography

ultrasonography and tomography both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ultrasonography Yes No No No
tomography Yes No No No
As nouns, tomography is a hypernym of ultrasonography; that is, tomography 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
  • tomography: (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
Other hypernyms of ultrasonography include prenatal diagnosis, imaging.
ultrasonography (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 ultrasonography and tomography

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