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MAMMOGRAM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mammogram" is a kind of...):

roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)

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 Context examples: 

Examples of cancer screening tests are the mammogram (breast), colonoscopy (colon), Pap smear (cervix), and PSA blood level and digital rectal exam (prostate).

(Disease Screening, NCI Dictionary)

Moreover, digital mammograms are easily archived and electronically transferable, making them ideal for teaching purposes and for evaluation during long-distance telemedicine consultations.

(Digital mammography, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure used to do a mammogram (x-ray of the breasts) in women with breast implants.

(Eklund Displacement View, NCI Dictionary)

A type of breast imaging test that is used to detect cancer cells in the breasts of some women who have had abnormal mammograms, or who have dense breast tissue.

(Miraluma test, NCI Dictionary)

Adam was lucky — a mammogram caught her cancer early… when the tumor was just three by four millimeters, smaller than the size of a pencil eraser.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)