mammogram
[mam-uh-gram]
- an x-ray photograph obtained by mammography.
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Origin of mammogram
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Thankfully, her cancer was caught rather early because of an assignment she had in early October in which she had mammogram done.
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“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.
Word Origin and History for mammogram
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
mammogram
(măm′ə-grăm′)- An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
mammogram
[măm′ə-grăm′]
- An x-ray image of the human breast, used to detect tumors or other abnormalities.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
mammogram
[(mam-uh-gram)]
An x-ray of the breast, produced by mammography, that is used in screening for breast cancer.
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.