Mammograph
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 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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