mammogram

noun

mam·​mo·​gram ˈma-mə-ˌgram 

: a photograph of the breasts made by X-rays

also : the procedure for producing a mammogram

Examples of mammogram in a Sentence

She went to the hospital for her yearly mammogram.

Recent Examples on the Web

The American College of Radiology recommends that women at particularly high risk — including Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women — get risk assessments by age 25 to determine whether a mammogram and other screening are needed before age 40 and whether genetic testing would be beneficial. —Clare Dougherty, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024

Munn told the magazine that a test came back positive after a prior genetic screening had come back negative for the breast cancer gene, and multiple mammograms showed no sign of the disease. —Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Latin mamma "breast" + -o- + -gram — more at mamma entry 1

Note: The terms mammogram and mammography were introduced by the American physician and surgeon Nymphus Frederick Hicken (1900-98) in "Mammography: roentgenologic diagnosis of breast tumors by means of contrast media," Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 64 (1937), pp. 593-603.

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

mammogram

noun

mam·​mo·​gram ˈmam-ə-ˌgram 

1

: a photograph of the breasts made by X-rays

2

: the procedure for producing a mammogram