Mammography

Definition: Mammography

Mammography

Noun

1. A diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays.

Specialty Definitions: Mammography

Domain	Definitions
Health	Radiographic examination of the breast. (references)
Medicine	The X-ray examination of the breast. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Mammography

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Mammography is the process of using X-rays to examine the human breast. It is used to look for different types of tumours and cysts.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mammography."

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Crosswords: Mammography

Specialty definitions using "mammography": breast cancer screening ♦ mammography screening. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mammography

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Pap smear, mammography, spelling. (Doctor Doctor; writing credit: Paul Attanasio; Neena Beber)
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Commercial Usage: Mammography

Domain	Title
Books	Advanced Algorithmic Approaches to Medical Image Segmentation: State Of The Art Applications in Cardiology, Neurology, Mammography and Pathology (reference) Handbook of Glandular Tissue Doses in Mammography (Hhs Publication #Pb85209914) (reference) Diagnostic Breast Imaging: Mammography, Sonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Interventional Procedures (reference) Procedures and Documentation for Advanced Imaging: Mammography & Quality Management (reference) New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the Mam: Arrt Examination in Mammography (Admission Test Series, 118) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Mammography Regulation Report (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Mammography

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Breast imaging technology has changed over the years. Shown are mammography on left and MRI on right. Note MRI's enhancement ability to confirm diagnosis.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Shown is a side-by-side of two normal mammograms showing the difference between a dense breast (left) and a fatty breast (right). The dense breast is that of a woman aged 39, the fatty breast is that of a 59-year old woman. Abnormal lesions are easier to detect and diagnose in a fatty breast making mammography more accurate.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Illustration of prototype machine to perform mammography by Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan). Since this machine is used solely for mammography, it is called Positron Emission Mammography (PEM).Credit: Joseph Frank, NIH Diagnostic Imaging.		Shown is a mammography machine. See artwork: GR-42.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).
	Shown is mammography technician with mammography machine.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		This woman is having a mammography test ... at the Salah Azaïz Cancer Institute. / WHO/Ministry of Health, Tunisia photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Mammography

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Reported false-positive rates in mammography vary widely. (references)
		Each woman should decide for herself whether to undergo mammography. (references)
		There are insufficient data to address several aspects related to screening mammography. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Mammography

"Mammography" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mammography" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Mammography

Expression using "mammography": mammography screening. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mammography

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
mammography	254
digital mammography	38
cme mammography	9
mammography continuing education	8
mammography training	7
mobile mammography	7
mammography seminar	5
mammography equipment	5
mammography education	5
gown mammography	5
mammography school	4
mammography reporting system	4
mammography job	4
mammography result	4
screening mammography	4
film mammography	4
alternative mammography	4
mammography picture	3
fda mammography	3
cdrh fda.gov mammography	3
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Modern Translations: Mammography

Language		Translations for "mammography"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		mammografi. (various references)

Dutch		mammografie. (various references)

French		mammographie. (various references)

German		Mammographie. (various references)

Greek		μαστογραφία. (various references)

Italian		mammografia. (various references)

Pig Latin		ammographymay

Portuguese		mamografia. (various references)

Spanish		mamografía. (various references)

Thai		การเอ็กซเรย์เต้านม. (various references)

Ukranian		мамографія. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Mammography"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mammography" (pronounced mumÄ"grufē)
7	-m Ä" g r u f ē	demography.
6	-Ä" g r u f ē	astrophotography, autobiography, bibliography, biography, choreography, chromatography, cinematography, crystallography, geography, hagiography, historiography, iconography, lithography, oceanography, orthography, photography, phytogeography, polarography, pornography, radiography, topography, typography.
5	-g r u f ē	calligraphy, discography.
4	-r u f ē	apostrophe, atrophy, catastrophe, dystrophy.
3	-u f ē	philosophy.
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Anagrams: Mammography

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-h-m-m-m-o-p-r-y"
	-3 letters: myograph.
	-4 letters: amphora, apogamy, mammary.
	-5 letters: graham, margay, mayhap, paramo.
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