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Ultrasound vs Echography - What's the difference?

ultrasound | echography |

In medicine terms the difference between echography and ultrasound

is that echography is the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid while ultrasound is the use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

ultrasound

English

Noun

(wikipedia ultrasound)
  • (physics) sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing; approximately 20 kilohertz
  • (medicine) The use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

    • Related terms

    * ultrasonic, ultrasonics

    Antonyms

    * (physics) infrasound

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    echography

    English

    Noun

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  • (medicine) The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid.