Crossword clues for mammogram
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mammogram
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
regular
▪ The agency has already recommended that women over the age of 50 get regular mammograms.
▪ Klausner estimated that regular mammograms for women in their 40s could save 1, 500 to 2, 000 lives each year.
▪ In December, the agency withdrew its 1987 guideline recommending regular mammograms for all women 40 and older.
▪ The panel did not address the value of regular mammograms for women aged 50 or older.
■ VERB
get
▪ The agency has already recommended that women over the age of 50 get regular mammograms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Currently, Medicare covers no preventive measures except for flu shots and mammograms every other year for women over 65.
▪ For women 50 and older, follow-up mammograms within seven months found the original screening was 98. 5 percent accurate.
▪ Her piece on mammogram testing was great; direct, personal, nicely crafted.
▪ Klausner estimated that regular mammograms for women in their 40s could save 1, 500 to 2, 000 lives each year.
▪ Participants received mammograms, then follow-up screenings in succeeding months.
▪ Patients refused mammograms in 23 percent of the cases.
▪ The extreme unpleasantness of the mammogram is systematically and deliberately underplayed by the proponents of mass screening.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mammogram
1937, from mammo- + -gram.
Wiktionary
mammogram
alt. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammary), used to screen for breast cancer. n. An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammary), used to screen for breast cancer.
WordNet
mammogram
n. X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast
Usage examples of "mammogram".
I wandered through some of the rooms in the rear, picturing the procedures for chest X rays and mammograms, upper G.