mammograph

English

Etymology

From 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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts

• Czech: mamograf m
• French: mammographe (fr) m
• Spanish: mamógrafo (es) m

See also

• mammography
• mammograph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia