Mammogram

Definition: Mammogram

Mammogram

Noun

1. X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast.

Specialty Definitions: Mammogram

Domain	Definitions
Health	An x-ray of the breast. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Mammogram

Specialty definitions using "mammogram": microcalcifications ♦ screening mammogram ♦ x-ray technologis. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Mammogram

Domain	Title
Books	Thanks for the Mammogram!: Fighting Cancer With Faith, Hope, and a Healthy Dose of Laughter (reference) I Flunked My Mammogram! (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Mammogram

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Photo Album: Mammogram

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shown is a mammogram of a breast interpreted as normal. The white dot indicates location of palpable abnormality.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		This abnormal mammogram is not necessarily cancerous. Also seen are calcifications through ductal patterns. Patient would be avised to have follow-up at 3-month intervals.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Mammogram showing thickenings typical of fibrocystic disease. Also seen are ductal patterns.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		A technician gives an older woman a mammogram. There are 6 shots in the series. 1) technician and machine, medium shot. 2) technician and machine, long shot. 3) compressed breast close-up. 4) woman preparing for exam next to machine with technician in background adjusting controls. 5) technician and woman at machine. 6) technician and woman at machine, reverse angle. See artwork: GR-42.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).
	A white female patient receives a lateral mammogram treatment. She is lying on her left side with the left breast compressed and she is holding her right breast out of the way so as to not block the x-ray. Note the older methods of the diagnostic procedure.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		An illustration of a woman getting a mammogram, showing a cone in position on her right breast.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Mammogram

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		After age 50, don't forget your mammogram every 1 to 2 years. (references)
		Hormones can increase breast density, which can make reading your mammogram more difficult. (references)
		Women with these cancers may be harmed if their diagnosis or treatment is delayed because of a normal, or false-negative, mammogram. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mammogram

"Mammogram" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Mammogram" is used about 7 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)	85.71%	6	143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)	14.29%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	7	N/A

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

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Expression: Mammogram

Expression using "mammogram": screening mammogram. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mammogram

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
mammogram	387
abnormal mammogram	32
mammogram result	32
free mammogram	21
diagnostic mammogram	19
mammogram picture	18
digital mammogram	14
mammogram joke	8
mammogram procedure	8
image mammogram	7
breast mammogram	7
mammogram photo	6
mammogram screening	6
mammogram ultrasound	6
mammogram breast cancer	6
bilateral mammogram	5
calcification mammogram	5
mammogram calcifications	4
cartoon mammogram	4
cost mammogram	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mammogram

Language		Translations for "mammogram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		mammographie jugée non tumorale (mammogram classed as tumour-free, missed-lesion mammogram), mammographie de dépistage (screening mammogram), mammographie de contrôle systématique (screening mammogram). (various references)

Italian		mammografia di controllo sistematico (screening mammogram), mammografia classificata come negativa (mammogram classed as tumour-free, missed-lesion mammogram). (various references)

Pig Latin		ammogrammay

Spanish		mamografía, en la que no se ha descubierto tumor alguno (mammogram classed as tumour-free, missed-lesion mammogram), mamografía tomada en programa de detección selectiva (screening mammogram). (various references)

Thai		การตรวจเต้านม�"้วยเอ็กซเรย์. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mammogram

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mammogram": mammograms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mammogram" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mammagram, mammogra, mammogran, mamogram, Manogaran, Mcmorran, nanogram, samamigram. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mammogram"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mammogram" (pronounced ma"mōgra'm)
5	-ō g r a' m	microgram.
4	-g r a' m	anagram, cablegram, Centigram, diagram, electrocardiogram, engram, epigram, histogram, hologram, kilogram, logogram, milligram, monogram, program, programme, reprogram, sonogram, telegram.
3	-r a' m	diaphragm, Wolfram.
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Anagrams: Mammogram

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-m-m-m-m-o-r"
	-4 letters: agora, aroma, gamma, grama, magma, mamma, momma.
	-5 letters: agar, agma, ammo, gama, gram, maar, mama, mora, ogam, raga, roam.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-m-m-m-m-o-r"
	+1 letter: mammograms.
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