mammographEtymologyFrom mammo- + -graph.nounA machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)“Two floors down, in the assembly area for digital mammographs and vascular x-ray systems, it's a mini-UN, with staff from 38 nations working on equipment and components brought from China and India, as well as France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the US.”A mammogram; a picture taken with such a device.