ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

  

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ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

Specialty Definition: ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

DomainDefinition

Medicine

The body scan of the area below the waist using sound waves to make up a picture of the organs inside the body. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A doctor may also order an abdominal ultrasound to look for gallstones and a CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan to look for inflammation or destruction of the pancreas. (references)

For example, in a representative study, 5,479 women, 96 percent of whom were 45 years of age or older, were screened using abdominal ultrasound, and there were 338 positive screens. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abdominal ultrasound

43
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND

Language Translations for "ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

abdominal ultralydundersøgelse (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

echografie van de buik (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vatsaontelon elinten ultrasonografia (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), vatsaontelon elinten kaikukuvaus (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

French

  

ultrasonographie (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), échographie des organes abdominaux (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

German

  

Ultraschallechoverfahren (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), Ultraschalldiagnostik (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), Sonographie (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπερηχογραφία κοιλιακών οργάνων (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), υπερηχογραφία (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ecografia degli organi addominali (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US), ecografia addominale (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abdominalay asoundultray

   

Spanish

  

ecografía abdominal (abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal US). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Quotations: Non-fiction
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography


  

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