CAT scan
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3.2
- noun
- /kæt skæn/
- Specialized
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TAC
- When they gave him a medical exam, the CAT scan picked up a thick shadow at the base of his brain.
- CAT scan or MRI
- Tomography or CAT scan
- CAT scan data
I said we have scans, CAT scans, MRI scans, the new technology.
- I said we have scans, CAT scans, MRI scans, the new technology.
- So doctor walks in, CAT scan results, CT scan, whatever the hell it's called.
- The observation obviously couldn't be MRI's or CAT scans.
- I cannot prove that because I am not legal to read CAT scans.
- And when I went, when I compare the two result in the CAT scan, I found out my biggest concern was to lose muscle mass.
- it's a tough job. They read CAT scans, Mris. They're the guys responsible for properly diagnosing or clearing up, you know, if if you're negative
- We were able to do that as we we are in our OCD patients as well and also to get an intraoperative CAT scan.
- There's no blood test or CAT scan or procedure or, or or even microbiome test yet available to allow us to make this diagnosis.
- But then there is going to be a need for some mental health testing, Mris, functional Mris, CAT scans, those sorts of tests, those all cost money.
- And so very when the MRI came in or the CAT scan first, but the MRI became the new way to look at the brain, these neuroimaging tools.
Examples
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She's got a decent concussion, but we did a CAT scan, and there's absolutely no damage to the brain.
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It is my advice that you go to the hospital to get a CAT scan to rule out a brain bleed.
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Got around to taking a CAT scan of the body and guess what they found?
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We're setting up a CAT scan immediately.
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And at that point we just have to get the CAT scan to confirm.
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I'd like you to come in Monday morning for a CAT scan.
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The CAT scan showed a massive bleed.
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All the blood work was normal, the neurological tests were normal, and the CAT scan was normal.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I got to the emergency room and that night they took a CAT scan and they found that I had an Abscess in my liver.
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The CAT scan revealed that there was no damage to his internal organs.
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 using X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the inside of the body
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6.7
A way of making detailed pictures 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
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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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8.4
An X-ray image that shows a thin slice through the body
A medical scan that uses X-rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
A scan that uses X rays and a computer to make thin pictures of the inside of the body
Surface Forms
Morphology
If a learner knows 'CAT' as the acronym for computerized axial tomography and 'scan' as a medical image, the compound meaning (a scan produced by CAT/CT technology) is directly derivable from the parts. The noun+noun composition follows a regular technical naming pattern (cf. 'CT scan' in other languages), so it is transparent to learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
CAT scan comes from how the machine works: CAT is short for a method that takes many thin 'slices' of the body, and the machine 'scans' them into one clear 'picture'. So, CAT scan means a detailed image of the inside of the body.