CAT scan

noun

CAT scanning noun

Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Asha demanded a CAT scan. Juhi Varma, Chron, 26 Oct. 2020 Perugi worked at the hospital from 1984 to 2002 as a lead CAT scan technologist and IT tax administrator and is sad to see the building go. Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023 Minkin adds that if a patient, like Stone, is experiencing severe pain and seeking medical care, their healthcare provider should be doing a physical exam or radiology procedures, like an ultrasound or CAT scan, to evaluate for abnormalities. Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022

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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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Cite this Entry

“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 29 Mar. 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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