CT scan
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3.2
- noun
- /si ti skæn/
- Specialized
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tomografía computarizada
- Her latest ct scan looks really good.
- chest CT scan
- axial CT scan
- abdominal CT scan
Well, I avoid X-rays and CT scans unless I have to.
- Well, I avoid X-rays and CT scans unless I have to.
- So an oncologist will look at each slice in the CT scan and mark out by hand where the tumor is.
- And they looked at people's biometrics and use CT scans to look at their belly fat for five years, tracking a group of people.
- And I was always reluctant to do it with CT scans because that's radiation.
- So they're both CT scans, but the calcium score just runs over the body, doesn't put any contrast in and is just looking to pick up the light of calcium.
- But then she got this massive headache and it was one of the first, it was the first brain scan, CT scan machines they had on the Costa del Sol in Marbella.
- And they use no ionizing radiation like X-rays or CT scans do.
- So you've got to get in there, which means doing some techniques, some image, ultrasound, CT scan, Mr scan.
Examples
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The contrast-enhanced CT scan indicated possible growth of tumor cells into the blue region.
Academic text (2002) -
We've done a CT scan.
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Uh, we have to wait for the CT scan results to know that.
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You two, take that patient to get a CT scan of the head.
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The latest ct scan shows your heart is healing up just fine.
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The woman had a doctor take CT scans of both her left and right arms.
Academic text (2007) -
J. has had a normal CT scan, but they decide to do an MRI as well.
Fiction book (2001) -
So an oncologist will look at each slice in the CT scan and mark out by hand where the tumor is.
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The diagnosis was made on chest X-ray and CT scan, and subsequently, surgical removal was undertaken successfully.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor explained the results of the CT scan to the patient, highlighting the key findings.
Synonyms
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3.9
An image of the inside of the body made by a medical machine
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4.6
A scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed pictures of the inside of the body
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3.7
A medical scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
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3.2
A medical test that makes detailed pictures of the inside of the body using X-rays
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6.7
A way of making detailed pictures of the inside of the body
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4.1
A medical scan using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
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3.6
A medical scan using X-rays and a computer to make pictures of the body's inside
A scan that uses X rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
A medical scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to examine using computed tomography' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'CT' (computed tomography) with 'scan' (to image/examine). This is a straightforward compositional medical compound/verbing of a noun phrase and follows predictable English word-formation patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
CT scan gets its name from how the machine works: it takes lots of thin X-ray 'slices' of the body and a computer puts those slices together into a clear picture. That's why it means 'detailed pictures of the inside of the body'.