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Mammography

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.

    "The introduction of mammography to detect breast cancer early in its course sharply increased its incidence."

  2. 2
    a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays wordnet

Etymology

From mammo- + -graphy.

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