Word · Frequency #18838
mammography
乳腺X射线摄影；钼靶检查
核心释义
X-ray examination of the breast used to detect and locate abnormalities, especially tumours.
- 1.
乳房X线检查,用于诊断和定位异常,尤其是肿瘤。
X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
- 2.
通过X射线检测乳腺肿瘤的诊断程序
a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
乳房X线检查,用于诊断和定位异常,尤其是肿瘤。；通过X射线检测乳腺肿瘤的诊断程序；早期胸部肿瘤X射线测定法；[医] 乳房X线照相术
用法In use
The doctor recommended that she have a mammography every two years.
用法提示：这里 mammography 作为名词，指一种医学检查方法，在句子中作宾语。
Mammography can help detect breast cancer at an early stage.
用法提示：Mammography 作主语，表示该检查方法的功能。
She felt nervous before her first mammography, but the technician was very reassuring.
用法提示：Mammography 作为名词，在介词 before 后作宾语，指具体的检查过程。
undergo [something]
She underwent mammography as part of her annual checkup.
她每年体检时都会接受乳房X线照相术。
recommend [something] for [someone]
for后接建议对象
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- mammography screening
- 乳腺X线筛查
- Mammography screening can detect breast cancer at an early stage.乳腺X线筛查能在早期发现乳腺癌。
- digital mammography
- 数字乳腺X线摄影
- The clinic recently installed a new digital mammography system.这家诊所最近安装了一套新的数字乳腺X线摄影系统。
- routine mammography
- 常规乳腺X线检查
- Women over 40 are advised to have routine mammography every year or two.建议40岁以上的女性每一两年做一次常规乳腺X线检查。
- undergo mammography
- 接受乳腺X线检查
- She was nervous before undergoing mammography for the first time.第一次接受乳腺X线检查前她很紧张。
- baseline mammography
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
mammo听似“妈妈”，-graphy是“图像”，想象妈妈做乳腺X光拍片，即乳房X线检查。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：radiology reports、cancer screening guidelines、patient education materials Mammography 是医学术语，通常用于正式或临床语境，多出现在影像学报告、筛查指南和患者教育材料中；日常口语里较少直接使用，更常说“乳腺X光检查”。
语法说明Grammar Note
不可数名词，指一种医疗检查方法
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 mammography 真正押韵的是 photography、tomography、geography、pornography：它们重读元音为 /ɑ/，其后均为 /ɡrəfi/。注意 mammogram 和 calligraphy 拼写相近，但读音不同：mammogram 读 /ˈmæməɡræm/，calligraphy 读 /kəˈlɪɡrəfi/，都不押韵。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.