单词 | sonogram |
释义 | sonogramn. 1. ΚΠ 1869 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 749 The time may come..when a speech will yield a sound picture, or a sonogram, that we may gaze upon as we now do upon a light-picture. b. Frequently in form sonagram. Also with capital initial. A graphical representation of the component frequencies of a sound (or sequence of sounds) as a function of time, as produced by a sonograph (sonograph n. 2), typically with the volume at each frequency indicated by the graph's intensity or colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [noun] > with visible output > as graph or diagram > graph or diagram harmonogram1902 spectrogram1939 sound spectrogram1945 sonogram1950 audiospectrogram1957 sound print1969 audiospectrograph1992 1950 Proc. National Electronics Conf. 1949 5 567 This sample is then..recorded automatically on facsimile paper as a function of frequency and time with energy levels represented by variations in the blackness of the pattern. This display is called a Sonagram. 1957 Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. 29 108/1 (caption) Sonagrams of the words ‘tack’ ‘task’ ‘tact’..illustrating the role that transitions and bursts play in the perception of stops. 1969 C. Osborne tr. R. Stenuit Dolphin v. 73 Analysis of the sonogram of a conversation shows click exchanges and whistle exchanges. 1980 Times 19 Aug. 12/6 Dr Silver used a hydrophone to record the sounds under water and obtained a visual record in the form of a sonogram. 2014 N. Middleton et al. Social Calls Bats Brit. & Ireland vi. 114 This is immediately apparent when the call is being viewed on a sonogram. 2. Medicine. a. An image of structures within the body obtained by ultrasonography; = ultrasonogram n. at ultrasonography n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > ultrasonography > [noun] > record B-scan1947 sonogram1950 sonograph1952 ultrasonogram1958 ultrasonograph1975 1950 S. Licht in N.Y. Med. (Med. Soc. County of N.Y.) 5 Sept. 33/1 Reflected sound may be recorded on a sonogram which outlines superficial structures and, at low frequencies, deeper structures. This is the least developed aspect of medical ultrasonics. 1972 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 7 532 The sonogram displayed on the oscilloscope can be recorded by a Polaroid camera. 1988 Brazosport (Texas) Facts 26 May 7 b/5 While viewing a later sonogram, Roger Clark thought he saw a third child but was assured by his wife's obstetrician that it was only a shadow. 2002 P. E. S. Palmer Imaging Tuberculosis 69/1 (caption) A sonogram showing thickened bowel walls and ascites due to tuberculosis. b. A medical examination by ultrasonography. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > by physical means > of specific parts or using specific instruments abdominoscopy1826 stethoscopy1853 haematoscopy1854 laparoscopy1855 autolaryngoscopy1860 autoscopy1861 laryngoscopy1861 pharyngoscopy1861 rhinoscopy1861 organoscopy1864 oesophagoscopy1872 otoscopy1874 endoscopy1879 tracheoscopy1880 gastroscopy1888 thoracoscopy1890 proctoscopy1896 rectoscopy1897 sigmoidoscopy1900 bronchoscopy1903 cystoscopy1908 peritoneoscopy1935 toposcopy1950 mediastinoscopy1959 sonogram1978 1978 Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg, Va.) 16 Aug. 3/1 Dr. Howard performed a sonogram in April and told her then she was carrying triplets. 1983 Off our Backs May 2/2 Areen said that while doctors say sonograms are safe, there are ‘still great questions about safety’. 1996 D. Hobbie Being Brett (1998) iv. 94 There were appointments with a neurologist, an orthopedist, the pain clinic; they did a sonogram of her abdomen. 2012 New Yorker 19 Nov. 85/2 On the day of the twenty-week sonogram, perhaps, you learn that your child has foreshortened limbs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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