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Mammogram vs Mammograph - What's the difference?

mammogram | mammograph |

As nouns the difference between mammogram and mammograph

is that mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer while mammograph is a machine for taking x-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries).

mammogram

English

Alternative forms

* mammogramme (very rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.

    • See also

    * mammography * breast thermography

    mammograph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A machine for taking X-ray pictures of the breasts (mammaries)
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 2, David Gow, Interview: The GE man with a UN diplomat's agenda, The Guardian citation
    • , passage=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.

    • See also

    *mammography *("mammograph" on Wikipedia)