mammographic
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˌmæməˈɡræfɪk/
- Specialized
- The doctor recommended an annual mammographic screening to ensure early detection of any potential issues.
Examples
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So this is an example for a mammographic mass data set.
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She was relieved after receiving a normal result from her latest mammographic exam.
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Fat necrosis is a common and benign mammographic finding in patients with reconstructed breasts.
Academic text (2015) -
But if she has "extremely dense" or "heterogeneously dense" breasts by mammographic assessment, her odds of developing breast cancer are 6 times higher than normal, even without any family history.
Blog text (31) -
Recent advancements in mammographic technology have improved the accuracy of breast cancer detection.
Synonyms
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4.6
About medical X-rays and other images used to find or treat illness
Surface Forms
Morphology
mammographic = mammography (transparent) = mammography + ic
Formed transparently from 'mammography' with the standard adjectival suffix '-ic' meaning 'relating to' the procedure.
Etymology
Mammographic comes from mamma, meaning 'breast', and graph, meaning 'to write' or 'record', the same root you see in photograph. So a mammographic image is simply a recorded picture of the breast, which is why the word is used for breast X-rays.