plural sonographers
: a person specializing in the use of ultrasound for diagnostic medical imaging : a health care professional trained and typically certified or licensed to use imaging equipment that transmits high-frequency sound waves to produce images or videos of internal body organs or tissues for visual examination and measurement or for diagnostic purposes
… the sonographer can move the scanner to find landmarks, such as blood vessels, that can help pinpoint the location of the tissue or organ under investigation. Paul R. Moran et al.
"You won't feel a thing," sonographer Ellie Morris promises as she prepares to scan my heart at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. John Dyson

called also ultrasonographer

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If a sonographer finds something worrisome, the doctor gets a phone call right away. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 Then, a cardiac sonographer applies gel to your chest and uses a probe, called a transducer, which creates moving images of your heart and other structures in the chest. Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024

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1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sonographer was in 1974

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“Sonographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sonographer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

sonographer

noun
: a health-care professional trained and typically certified or licensed to use imaging equipment that transmits high-frequency sound waves to produce images or videos of internal body organs or tissues for visual examination and measurement or for diagnostic purposes : a person specializing in the use of ultrasound for diagnostic medical imaging

called also ultrasonographer

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