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Arakanese (iou) and Ultrasound (medicine)


Arakanese (iou)



Arakanese adjective & noun. E19.
[from Arakan (see below) + -ESE.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to Arakan, a district on the west coast of Myanmar (Burma), its inhabitants, or their dialect. E19.
b. noun. Pl. same.
A native or inhabitant of Arakan. E19.
The dialect of Burmese spoken there. L19.

Ultrasound (medicine)


ultrasound
<investigation> A type of imaging technique which uses high-frequency sound waves.

This is highly operator-dependent and is thought to be useful in diagnosis but not particularly accurate in the assessment of tumour response. For the latter, CT or MR imaging are more accurate.