Dictionary

mammography en · NOUN

Etymology

From mammo- + -graphy.

Meanings

1. X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
   • The introduction of mammography to detect breast cancer early in its course sharply increased its incidence. 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 44:

Forms

Deriveds

mammograph · mammogram · telemammography · sonomammography · mammographic · xeromammography

Relateds

breast thermography

Synonyms

mastography

Translations (28)

pt mastografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · es mamografía (X-ray examination of the breasts) · fi mammografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ja マンモ (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ga mamagrafaíocht (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ca mastografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ga X-ghathú cíche (X-ray examination of the breasts) · sv mammografi (X-ray examination of the breasts) · fa پستاننگاری (X-ray examination of the breasts) · hu mammográfia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · fa ماموگرافی (X-ray examination of the breasts) · pl mammografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · sk mamografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · it mammografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · uk мамогра́фія (X-ray examination of the breasts) · el μαστογραφία (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ru маммогра́фия (X-ray examination of the breasts) · it mastografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · gl mamografía (X-ray examination of the breasts) · de Mammografie (X-ray examination of the breasts) · cs mamografie (X-ray examination of the breasts) · bg рентгенография на гърдата (X-ray examination of the breasts) · fr mammographie (X-ray examination of the breasts) · cmn 乳房攝影 /乳房摄影 (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ja マンモグラフィー (X-ray examination of the breasts) · ca mamografia (X-ray examination of the breasts) · cmn 乳房X光 (X-ray examination of the breasts) · pt mamografia (X-ray examination of the breasts)