Meanings
nounmammography (plural mammographies)
plural mammographies
- medicineX-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 44Synonyms: mastography
Synonyms & antonyms
nounX-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
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Bulgarian рентгенография на гърдата
- рентгенография на гърдата (rentgenografija na gărdata)X-ray examination of the breasts
Catalan mamografia, mastografia
- mamografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
- mastografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Chinese Mandarin 乳房攝影 /乳房摄影, 乳房X光
- 乳房攝影 /乳房摄影 (rǔfáng shèyǐng)X-ray examination of the breasts
- 乳房X光 (rǔfáng áikesi guāng)X-ray examination of the breasts
Czech mamografie
- mamografieX-ray examination of the breasts
Finnish mammografia
- mammografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
French mammographie
- mammographieX-ray examination of the breasts
German Mammografie
- MammografieX-ray examination of the breasts
Greek μαστογραφία
- μαστογραφία (mastografía)X-ray examination of the breasts
Hungarian mammográfia
- mammográfiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Irish mamagrafaíocht, X-ghathú cíche
- mamagrafaíochtX-ray examination of the breasts
- X-ghathú cícheX-ray examination of the breasts
Italian mammografia, mastografia
- mammografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
- mastografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Japanese マンモグラフィー, マンモ
- マンモグラフィー (manmogurafī)X-ray examination of the breasts
- マンモ (manmo)X-ray examination of the breasts
Persian پستاننگاری, ماموگرافی
- پستاننگاری (pestân-negâri)X-ray examination of the breasts
- ماموگرافی (mâmogrâfi)X-ray examination of the breasts
Polish mammografia
- mammografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Portuguese mamografia, mastografia
- mamografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
- mastografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Russian маммогра́фия
- маммогра́фия (mammográfija)X-ray examination of the breasts
Slovak mamografia
- mamografiaX-ray examination of the breasts
Spanish mamografía
- mamografíaX-ray examination of the breasts
Swedish mammografi
- mammografiX-ray examination of the breasts
Ukrainian мамогра́фія
- мамогра́фія (mamohráfija)X-ray examination of the breasts
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Rhymes with mammography
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mammography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammography
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“mammography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammography. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mammography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammography.
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