echocardiogram

noun

echo·​car·​dio·​gram ˌe-kō-ˈkär-dē-ə-ˌgram 

: a visual record made by echocardiography

also : the procedure for producing such a record

Examples of echocardiogram in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Those students are sent for additional testing, like cardiology visits, echocardiograms, stress tests, and monitors, which the bill does not address. — Katherine Hofmann, STAT, 30 June 2026

In light of this information, the cardiologist ordered new imaging, CTs and MRAs with contrast, not low-res 2-D echocardiograms. — Ben Lerner, New Yorker, 21 June 2026

After a cardiologist did additional testing including an echocardiogram and an MRI, he was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer in the right atrium of his heart. — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

An initial battery of tests – including an echocardiogram, a lung function test and an X-ray – picked up nothing unusual. — Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for echocardiogram

• interferogram
• parallelogram
• abraham
• anagram
• cablegram
• cofferdam
• dendrogram
• diagram
• diaphragm
• epigram
• hexagram
• histogram

Medical Definition

echocardiogram

noun

echo·​car·​dio·​gram ˌek-ō-ˈkärd-ē-ə-ˌgram 

: a visual record made by echocardiography

also : the procedure for producing such a record