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

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

These include mammograms; blood pressure, colon cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis screenings; and HIV prevention. —Kristefer Stojanovski, The Conversation, 2 July 2025

Other health care services: The Healing Center also partners with Life Forward to provide medical consultations, pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, vision screenings and eyeglasses, blood pressure and blood sugar screenings, quarterly mammograms and referrals. —Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 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