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ultrasound vs imaging

imaging vs ultrasound

ultrasound and imaging both are nouns.

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

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