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Where does “echogenic” come from?

Echogenic derives from English echo and the French suffix -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής meaning "producing" and ἠχή meaning "sound."

echogenic (English): Describing any inner part of the body that...

Definitions

  1. Describing any inner part of the body that...

Ancestry of “echogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-genicproducing or generating something; produced or...
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “echogenic”

  • echogenicity
  • hyperechogenic
  • hypoechogenic
  • hyperechogenicity
  • hypoechogenicity
  • anechogenic
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