MAMMOGRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mammogram mean? 

• MAMMOGRAM (noun)
  The noun MAMMOGRAM has 1 sense:

1. X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast

  Familiarity information: MAMMOGRAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAMMOGRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mammogram" is a kind of...):

roentgenogram; X-ray; X-ray photograph; X-ray picture; X ray (a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis)

 Context examples 

The implant is pushed back against the chest wall and the breast tissue is pulled forward and around it so the tissue can be seen in the mammogram.

(Eklund Displacement View, NCI Dictionary)

It is not used for screening or in place of a mammogram.

(Miraluma test, NCI Dictionary)

It can also describe the flattening of soft tissue, such as the breast, that occurs during a mammogram (x-ray of the breast).

(Compression, NCI Dictionary)

Calcification in the breast can be seen on a mammogram, but cannot be detected by touch.

(Calcification, NCI Dictionary)

It is relatively comfortable (compared to a mammogram).

(Dynamic Optical Breast Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

A tiny deposit of calcium in the breast that cannot be felt but can be detected on a mammogram.

(Microcalcification, NCI Dictionary)

Mammograms and colonoscopies are examples of diagnostic tests.

(Diagnostic test, NCI Dictionary)

Mammograms can detect a lump two years before a woman can even feel it.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)

Mammogram films of breasts with higher density are harder to read and interpret than those of less dense breasts.

(Breast density, NCI Dictionary)

Mammograms and colonoscopies are examples of diagnostic procedures.

(Diagnostic procedure, NCI Dictionary)