| sonify | To produce sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sonne | Carl, Danish bacteriologist, 1882-1948. See: Sonne bacillus, Sonne dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sonne bacillus | A lactose-fermenting bacterium causing dysentery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sonne dysentery | Dysentery due to infection by Shigella sonnei; sometimes milder than other types of bacterial dysentery caused by Shigella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonochemistry | The branch of chemistry concerned with chemical changes caused by, or involving, sound, particularly ultrasound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonogram | Synonym: ultrasonogram. Origin: L. Sonus, sound, + G. Gramma, a drawing (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonograph | Synonym: ultrasonograph. Origin: L. Sonus, sound, + G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonographer | A person who performs and interprets ultrasonographic examinations. Synonym: echographer, sonographer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonography | Synonym: ultrasonography. Origin: L. Sonus, sound. + G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonolucent | In ultrasonography, containing few or no echoes; a misnomer for transonic or anechoic. See: anechoic. Origin: L. Sonus, sound + L. Luceo, to shine (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonometer | 1. <physiology> An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box. 2. <instrument> An instrument for testing the hearing capacity. Origin: L. Sonus a sound. (04 Mar 1998) |
| sonomicrometer | An operatively implanted ultrasonic dimension gauge to measure the wall thickening and motion of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonomotor | Related to movements caused by sound. See: sonomotor response. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonomotor response | Widespread myogenic potential evoked by click stimulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sonorous | 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals. 2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice. 3. Yielding sound; characterised by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous. 4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding. "The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression." (Addison) "There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude." (E. Everett) 5. <chest medicine> Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi. Sonorous figures, a tumour which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion. Origin: L. Sonorus, fr. Sonor, -oris, a sound, akin to sonus a sound. (04 Mar 1998) |