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.
1 [be + ~-ing + to + verb] to be very eager (to do something specified):I was burning to tell you what happened. 2  burn down, to burn completely; to burn to the ground: [no object]All the houses on that block burned down.[~ + down + object]They burned down the house.[~ + object + down]They burned the house down.