Mammograph

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)

    "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. 2
    A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From mammo- + -graph.

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