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

Crow, a breast cancer survivor, advocates for early detection through annual mammograms. —Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025

As of April 2025, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that cisgender women and people assigned female at birth get mammograms every two years beginning at age 40. —Karen Pallarito, Health, 11 Aug. 2025

But your first mammogram, also known as a baseline mammogram, doesn’t have to wait until 40. —Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Aug. 2025

Just one year ago, Munn credited the test with prompting her to get a biopsy – even after mammograms and genetic testing came back negative. —Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025

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