mammography
mammography noun: x-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
Noun
mammography (plural mammographies)
- X-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 44
- Synonyms:
- mastography
mammography meaning in Tamil and Persian
mammography in Tamil
- நகில்வரைவு, முலை ஊடுகதிர்ப்படம்
mammography in Persian
- X-ray examination of the breasts
- پستاننگاری pestân-negâri, ماموگرافی mâmogrâfi
Synonyms of mammography
Forms of mammography
| plural | mammographies |
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Origin of mammography
From mammo- + -graphy.
Words formed from mammography
Words that rhyme with mammography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about mammography
- What does mammography mean?
- Mammography means x-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
- What is mammography in Tamil?
- Mammography in Tamil is நகில்வரைவு, முலை ஊடுகதிர்ப்படம். See Mammography meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mammography?
- Mammography is a noun.
- What is the plural of mammography?
- The plural of mammography is mammographies.
Words near mammography in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mammography (page history and authors); mammography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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