Word Parts - echo, ech

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echo-, ech- : From Greek: sound, noise; especially a returned sound, repetition, imitation.

echocardiogram - medical test using high frequency waves to image the heart; ecopathy - pathological repetition through imitation of the actions or speech of another (copy cat to the extreme); echophrasia - speech disorder in which there is an involuntary repetition of the same word several times; echograph - device that records the oceanic depths by sonic waves.

And for you:

echoed, echokinesia, anechoic, echoesis, echoscope, echolocation.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary