In medicine, ultrasound is used to detect changes in appearance, size or contour of organs, tissues, and vessels or detect abnormal masses, such as tumors. In an ultrasound examination, a transducer both sends the sound waves and receives the echoing waves.
Ancylomenes venustus , also known as the graceful anemone shrimp , is a species of shrimp which belongs to the family of the Palaemonidae . This species is found in the tropical waters from the centre of the Indo-Pacific biogeographical area.
The noun ANEMONE has 2 senses: 1. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves. 2. marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton.Familiarity information: ANEMONE used as a noun is rare.Dictionary entry details.nemone quinquefolia; snowdrop; wood anemone (common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers). Anemone sylvestris; snowdrop anemone; snowdrop windflower (Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers).