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

Beyoncé Knowles’ mom, Tina Knowles, is sharing a warning to other women: Don’t delay your next mammogram. —Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2025

Storm is also happy to bring awareness to the issue, encouraging women to be on top of their health and make time to get their mammograms. —Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025

What came next felt like a whirlwind: a mammogram, an ultrasound, then a call from the radiologist urging her to get a biopsy immediately. —George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025

What To Know In Iowa, House File 318 would eliminate co-pays and deductibles for supplemental and diagnostic breast exams, the same as for routine mammograms. —Jasmine Laws, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

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

Rhymes for mammogram

• abraham
• anagram
• cablegram
• cofferdam
• dendrogram
• diagram
• diaphragm
• epigram
• hexagram
• histogram
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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