mammogram

[ mam-uh-gram ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

mammogram

/ măm′ə-grăm′ /

An x-ray image of the human breast, used to detect tumors or other abnormalities.

mammogram

An x-ray of the breast, produced by mammography , that is used in screening for breast cancer .

First recorded in 1935–40; mamm(a) ² + -o- + -gram ¹

Thankfully, her cancer was caught rather early because of an assignment she had in early October in which she had mammogram done.

“We get sidetracked by efforts to focus on getting every woman a mammogram,” she recently told The Daily Beast.

A woman whose life was saved by a mammogram would argue that such screenings should be the top priority, she says.

Jack Black giving himself a mammogram (yes, mammogram) on camera.

As the mammogram issue reveals, representation is no longer a game of percentages.

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