CAT scan

noun

CAT scanning noun

Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence

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The benefits of the Vera Scan In the same way that a CAT scan of the chest is very different from a chest X-ray, this CT scan of the breast provides far more information and insight about what’s going on in the breast tissue compared to a traditional mammogram. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2024 After months of being told the hearing issues and migraines were the result of an ear infection, doctors sent her for a CAT scan. Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024 The doctors whisked him away for a CAT scan, and she was left alone with her thoughts in the hospital room. Laura Kwerel, NPR, 20 May 2024 Later, sitting inside a private room, Hatcher and I were waiting to hear the results of his CAT scan when his behavior started to get weirder. Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2021 Doctors reportedly detected in the musician's CAT scan a bleeding artery in one of his lungs. Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023 The track also brought a lot of diagnostic equipment online including an CAT scan, MRI and nuclear scan. C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023 Later that evening, Thomas took Robinson to a hospital for a CAT scan. Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021 The puzzling intractability had triggered a soup-to-nuts workup: abdominal CAT scan, diagnostic testing for stool pathogens and a lab workup that measured everything but copper levels. Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2020

Word History

Etymology

computerized axial tomography

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of CAT scan was in 1975

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“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

CAT scan

noun
: a three-dimensional image of a body part made by a computer from a series of cross-sectional images that are formed by exposure to radiation (as X-rays)
Etymology

CAT from computerized axial tomography

Medical Definition

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