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.
v. burned or burnt (burnt) , bÃ»rntÂ·burn, ing. burns. v. intr. 1 to undergo combustion or be consumed as: Fuel the dry wood burned. quickly. 2 to be, damaged, injured or destroyed by, fire, heat, radiation, electricity or a caustic: agent a house that burned to the; ground eggs that burned and stuck to the. pan