CT
CT · CTs
TAC
Initialism of computed tomographyInitialism of computed tomography.: A CT scan.
US/kˈɔɹt/
» Tomorrow, a CT-scan of my intestines will be made.
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3 sentencesTomorrow, a CT-scan of my intestines will be made.
Paleontologists at Ohio University studied CT scans of the skulls of ankylosaurs — huge armor-plated dinosaurs.
But computerized axial tomography, better known as a helical CT scan, provided doctors with far greater detail.
Meaning
1 sensesInitialism of computed tomography.
(countable, especially)A CT scan.
More definitions
- a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
- a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
Forms
plural: CTsSynonyms
13 synonymsCATA1CT scanCAT scancomputed tomographycomputed axial tomographycomputed tomography scancomputed axial tomography scan
Close in meaning
- a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies:ConnecticutNutmeg StateConstitution StateCt.
- a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis:computerized tomographycomputed tomographycomputerized axial tomographycomputed axial tomographyCAT
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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