mammogram

noun

mam·​mo·​gram ˈma-mə-ˌgram 

: a photograph of the breasts made by X-rays

also : the procedure for producing a mammogram

Examples of mammogram in a Sentence

She went to the hospital for her yearly mammogram.

Recent Examples on the Web

From January through October 2024, Northwell reported BAC results on nearly 88,000 mammograms and identified BACs in about 13% of them. — Ava Tsapatsaris, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

Eligible women can also schedule a screening mammogram at Baptist Health without a physician’s order. — Baptist Health, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

After getting a mammogram, ultrasound, and biopsy in February, she was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer. — Ceminthia Graham, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2026

Grail says its Galleri test should be additive to standardized cancer screenings, like colonoscopies and mammograms, and not be used as a replacement. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin mamma "breast" + -o- + -gram — more at mamma entry 1

Note: The terms mammogram and mammography were introduced by the American physician and surgeon Nymphus Frederick Hicken (1900-98) in "Mammography: roentgenologic diagnosis of breast tumors by means of contrast media," Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 64 (1937), pp. 593-603.

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mammogram

• abraham
• anagram
• cablegram
• cofferdam
• dendrogram
• diagram
• diaphragm
• epigram
• hexagram
• histogram
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Medical Definition

mammogram

noun

mam·​mo·​gram ˈmam-ə-ˌgram 

1

: a photograph of the breasts made by X-rays

2

: the procedure for producing a mammogram