Etymograph

English

elastosonography

From elasto- + sonography.

Formed from elasto- + sonography

Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tós

Ancient Greek ἐλατός ‘ductile’

English elasto-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’

Ancient Greek γραφή ‘drawing’

English sonography

Today it means

noun A form of medical sonography that interprets the elastic properties of tissue in order to diagnose malignancy

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Etymograph / elastosonography