ultra-, ult-
(Latin: beyond, on the other side; excessive, to an extreme degree)
ultrapure
ultrarefined
ultrareligious
ultra reprises
In excess of deductions or expenses.
Ultrasauros
An “ultra (excessive) lizard” from Late Jurassic western Colorado, USA. Discovered in Colorado by dinosaur digger U. S. paleontologist James A. Jensen of Brigham Young University, this extremely large dinosaur was formerly known as Supersaurus. The name was changed to Ultrasauros because it was previously claimed for a South Korean specimen. Named by Korean paleontologist Haang Mook Kim in 1983.
ultrasonic
ultrasonics
ultrasonographer
Anyone who performs and interprets ultrasonographic examinations.
ultrasonograph; sonograph
A computerized instrument used to create an image using ultrasound.
ultrasonography
1. A technique that makes use of echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate objects or areas of different density within the body, especially, for diagnostic purposes.
2. The location, measurement, or delineation of deep structures by measuring the reflection or transmission of high frequency or ultrasonic waves.
Computer calculation of the distance to the sound-reflecting or absorbing surface plus the known orientation of the sound beam gives a two-dimensional image. Also: sonography.
ultrasophisticated
ultrasound
ultratechnical
ultratherm
A short-wave diathermy machine.
ultrathin
Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units:
epi-;
hyper-;
super-, supra-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing":
copi-;
exuber-;
hyper-;
multi-;
opulen-;
ple-;
pleio-;
plethor-;
poly-;
super-;
total-;
undu-.
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