CAT SCAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does CAT scan mean? 

• CAT SCAN (noun)
  The noun CAT SCAN has 1 sense:

1. an image produced by scanning

  Familiarity information: CAT SCAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAT SCAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An image produced by scanning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

CAT scan; scan

Context example:

you could see the tumor in the CAT scan

Hypernyms ("CAT scan" is a kind of...):

icon; ikon; image; picture (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface)

 Context examples 

Also called CAT scan, computed tomography scan, computerized tomography, and CT scan.

(Computerized axial tomography scan, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAT scan, computed tomography scan, computerized axial tomography scan, and computerized tomography.

(CT scan, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAT scan, computed tomography scan, computerized axial tomography scan, and CT scan.

(Computerized tomography, NCI Dictionary)

Also called CAT scan, computerized axial tomography scan, computerized tomography, and CT scan.

(Computed tomography scan, NCI Dictionary)