mammogram

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
    — If I had found out in 2010, when I had the mammogram, I would not have wanted preventive surgery because I hoped to have another child, and I wanted to breastfeed again.

词形变化

mammograms plural mammogramme alternative,rare

词源

Etymology tree
English mammo-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor.
English -gram
English mammogram
From mammo- + -gram.
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