mammograph

English

Etymology

mammo- +‎ -graph

Noun

mammograph (plural mammographs)

  1. A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)
    • 2009 January 2, David Gow, “Interview: The GE man with a UN diplomat's agenda”, in The Guardian‎:
      Two floors down, in the assembly area for digital mammographs and vascular x-ray systems, it's a mini-UN, with staff from 38 nations working on equipment and components brought from China and India, as well as France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the US.
  2. A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.

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