doppler
/dˈɑplɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.13 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ellipsis of Doppler ultrasonography: Any of various types of ultrasonography that use the Doppler effect; especially, medical versions thereof.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Evaluation of the hepatic veins with color Doppler may demonstrate portalization of hepatic vein with loss of the normal triphasic pattern, a flattened hepatic vein, or turbulence if the hepatic vein is compressed."
- "Hypomotility was visible on doppler."
- "An incipient storm cell was visible on doppler."
- "A school of herring was visible on doppler."
- "The race car dopplered past."
Etymology
By ellipsis and appellativization.
Usage
Inflected Forms
dopplers (plural)
dopplers (present, singular)
dopplering (participle, present)
dopplered (participle, past)
dopplered (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Doppler broadening
Doppler echocardiography
Doppler effect
Doppler fetal monitor
Doppler radar
Doppler sonography
Doppler ultrasonography
Doppler ultrasound
Frequently Paired Words
Christian Doppler
Austrian mathematician and physicist