Each tissue type, such as liver, spleen or kidney, has a particular echogenicity in its normal state. In diseased states, the echogenicity of an organ can be altered, either more echogenic (hyperechoic) or less echogenic (hypoechoic) than usual.
burn up. v. 1. To destroy something or someone by fire or heat: She burned the contract up. He burned up all the photographs. 2. To be completely destroyed by fire or heat: The cabin burned up, leaving only ashes.
â phrasal verb with burn uk /bÉËn/ us /bÉËn/ verb (burnt or burned, burnt or burned). âº to have a âbad âfever: You're âburning up! she said, âtouching his âforehead. (Definition of burn up from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).