Meaning & use
Echogenic
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Producing or capable of producing echoes; in medical imaging, describing tissue that reflects sound waves and therefore appears bright on an ultrasound scan.
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The radiologist noted an echogenic mass in the patient's liver during the ultrasound.
Dense tissues tend to be more echogenic than fluid-filled structures.
A note on using this word
This term is used almost exclusively in sonography and medical imaging to describe how strongly a tissue reflects sound waves.
Words with a similar meaning
reflectiveechoic
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Words with an opposite meaning
anechoic
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