mammographyn.
/maˈmɒɡrəfi/, /məˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /mæˈmɑɡrəfi/ Medicine.
Examination of the breasts by means of X-rays, especially to detect cancer; an instance of this. Frequently attributive.
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arthrography1857
pyelography1906
renography1911
ureterography1912
pneumoventriculography1918
ventriculography1918
encephalography1922
cholecystography1925
urography1925
arteriography1928
angiography1930
sialography1931
pneumoencephalography1932
planigraphy1933
urethrography1933
lymphography1935
placentography1935
salpingography1935
venography1935
cholangiography1936
mammography1937
myelography1937
phlebography1937
angiocardiography1938
neuroradiology1938
lymphangiography1941
nephrography1947
splenoportography1953
pancreatography1955
sinography1957
pharyngography1981
1937 N. F. Hicken in Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 64 594/1 The procedure utilizes contrast fluids which are injected directly into the milk ducts, thus giving an accurate roentgenographic pattern of the ductal and secretory system of the mammary gland. The terms ‘mammography’ and ‘mammograms’ have been coined to describe these examinations.
1953 L. C. de Leborgne tr. R. A. Leborgne Breast in Roentgen Diagnosis i. 14 When contrast mammography shows intraductal lesions..we collect the liquid that has been injected.
1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Nov. 2/2 If you are still worried, you could have a mammography done—an X-ray technique commonly used in women with breast lumps that have to be identified.
1987 Sunday Times 4 Oct. 7/1 Three-yearly screening by mammography (breast x-ray) will be offered to all women aged 50–64.
1992 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Monthly Oct. 44/2 An outreach program with two mobile mammography vans for rural areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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