ultrasonography

noun

using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram)

Roots

ultraultra- · Latin · beyond sonussono- · Latin · sound grapheingraph- · Greek · to write, record ia-y · Greek · process, condition

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The word ultrasonography breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: ultra-, from Latin ultra (“beyond”); sono, from Latin sonus (“sound”); graph, from Greek graphein (“to write, record”); and -y, from Greek ia (“process, condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.