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mammogram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English mammo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English mammogram From mammo- + -gram.

Meanings

1. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
   • An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. […] This is a marked difference from the task force’s previous guidance, which was to start biennial mammograms by age 50. 2024 May 8, Katia Hetter, “Mammograms are now recommended starting at age 40. Should you get one?”, in CNN:
   • In a country where the equipment to perform mammograms is in short supply, the expertise of these examiners is crucial. 2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR:
   • If I had found out in 2010, when I had the mammogram, I would not have wanted preventive surgery because I hoped to have another child, and I wanted to breastfeed again. 2023 February 6, Hilary Osborne, “I thought knowing I had the ‘cancer gene’ would cast a shadow over my life. Now I have it, I realise how wrong I was”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

xeromammogram

Relateds

mammography · breast thermography

Translations (5)

ru маммогра́мма (X-ray picture of the breasts) · cmn 乳房攝影 /乳房摄影 (X-ray picture of the breasts) · fi mammografiakuva (X-ray picture of the breasts) · fr mammogramme (X-ray picture of the breasts) · de Mammogramm (X-ray picture of the breasts)