Meanings
nounmammograph (plural mammographs)
plural mammographs
- A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)
Two floors down, in the assembly area for digital mammographs and vascular x-ray systems, it's a mini-UN, with staff from 38 nations working on equipment and components brought from China and India, as well as France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the US.
2009 January 2, David Gow, “Interview: The GE man with a UN diplomat's agenda”, in The Guardian - A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.
Origin
Translations
Czech mamograf
- mamografmachine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts
French mammographe
- mammographemachine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts
Spanish mamógrafo
- mamógrafomachine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts
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mammograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammograph
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