mammography

From mammo- +‎ -graphy.

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

mammography (plural mammographies)

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

   Synonym: mastography

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 44:

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

• breast thermography

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