COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computed axial tomography mean? 

• COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

CAT; computed axial tomography; computed tomography; computerized axial tomography; computerized tomography; CT

Hypernyms ("computed axial tomography" is a kind of...):

X-radiation; X-raying (obtaining images by the use of X rays)