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mammography

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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1

noun

Meaning 1

X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mastography

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique

History

Etymology

From mammo- + -graphy.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рентгенография на гърдата (rentgenografija na gǎrdata) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Catalan: mamografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Catalan: mastografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳房攝影 /乳房摄影 (rǔfáng shèyǐng) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳房X光 (rǔfáng áikesi guāng) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Czech: mamografie — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Finnish: mammografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • French: mammographie — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Galician: mamografía — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • German: Mammografie — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Greek: μαστογραφία (mastografía) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Hungarian: mammográfia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Irish: mamagrafaíocht — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Irish: X-ghathú cíche — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Italian: mammografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Italian: mastografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Japanese: マンモグラフィー (manmogurafī) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Japanese: マンモ (manmo) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Persian: پستاننگاری (pestân-negâri) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Persian: ماموگرافی (mâmogrâfi) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Polish: mammografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Portuguese: mamografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Portuguese: mastografia — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Russian: маммогра́фия (mammográfija) — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Spanish: mamografía — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Swedish: mammografi — X-ray examination of the breasts
  • Ukrainian: мамогра́фія (mamohráfija) — X-ray examination of the breasts