mammography

English

Etymology

mammo- +‎ -graphy

Noun

mammography (plural mammographies)

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

Derived terms

• mammogram
• mammograph
• mammographic

Translations

X-ray examination of the breasts

• Catalan: mamografia f, mastografia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳房攝影／乳房摄影 (rǔfáng shèyǐng), 乳房摄影 (rǔfáng shèyǐng)

• Czech: mamografie (cs) f
• Finnish: mammografia (fi)
• French: mammographie (fr) f
• Galician: mamografía (gl) f
• German: Mammografie (de) f
• Greek: μαστογραφία (el) f (mastografía)
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• Hungarian: mammográfia
• Irish: mamagrafaíocht f, X-ghathú cíche m
• Italian: mammografia (it) f
• Japanese: マンモグラフィー (manmogurafī)
• Polish: mammografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: mamografia (pt) f
• Russian: маммогра́фия (ru) f (mammográfija)
• Spanish: mamografía (es) f
• Swedish: mammografi (sv) c

See also

• breast thermography