echostructure

English

Etymology

From echo +‎ structure.

Noun

echostructure (countable and uncountable, plural echostructures)

1. (medicine) The amplitude and shape of an ultrasound echo.
   • 2012, Gabriel Kalifa, Pediatric Ultrasonography, page 304:

     The echostructure is mixed, cystic with more or less echogenous zones that are connective, fatty, or calcic structures.

Derived terms

• echostructural