COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computerized axial tomography mean? 

• COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (noun)
  The noun COMPUTERIZED 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: COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTERIZED 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 ("computerized axial tomography" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

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

(CAT 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, computerized axial tomography scan, computerized tomography, and CT scan.

(Computed tomography scan, NCI Dictionary)

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

(Computerized tomography, NCI Dictionary)