echocardiography
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echocardiography
Rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́
Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ)
Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)bor.
Latin ēchō
Medieval Latin ēccōbor.
Middle English eccho
English echo
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂
Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā
Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor.
English cardio-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-ā́
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.
French -graphieder.
English -graphy
English cardiography
English echocardiography
From echo + cardiography.
noun echocardiographies
- The use of ultrasound to produce images of the heart; especially, cardiac ultrasonography done with cardiology-specific devices and training, as contrasted with POCUS applied cardiovascularly by any clinician.
