mammography
noun/mæˈmɒɡrəfi/
/mæˈmɑːɡrəfi/
[uncountable]- the use of X-rays to check for cancer in a breastWord Origin1930s: from mamma (Old English, from Latin, ‘breast’) + -graphy.
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