MAMMOTHERMOGRAPHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mammothermography" is a kind of...):

thermography (diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors)

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