Word · Frequency #18838
mammography
乳腺X射线摄影；钼靶检查
X-ray examination of the breast used to detect and locate abnormalities, especially tumours.
- 1.
X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.
乳房X线检查,用于诊断和定位异常,尤其是肿瘤。
- 2.
a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
通过X射线检测乳腺肿瘤的诊断程序
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
In use
The doctor recommended that she have a mammography every two years.
Mammography can help detect breast cancer at an early stage.
She felt nervous before her first mammography, but the technician was very reassuring.
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
Doctors recommend mammography for women over 40.
医生建议40岁以上女性进行乳房X线照相术。
[something] can detect [something]
Connections
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
- 基线乳腺X线检查
- A baseline mammography helps doctors compare future images for changes.基线乳腺X线检查有助于医生对比以后的影像发现变化。
Learner notes
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。
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”。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，指一种医疗检查方法
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.