Which medical term means record of the breast?
A) mammogram
B) mastalgia
C) mastitis
D) mammoplasty
A) mammogram
Mamm/o means breast and -gram means record; therefore, mammogram means
record of the breast. Mast/o means breast and -algia means pain, so mastalgia means breast pain.
-itis is inflammation; thus, mastitis means inflammation of the breast. -plasty means surgical
repair, so mammoplasty means surgical repair of the breast.
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