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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does positron emission tomography scanner mean?
• POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER (noun)
The noun POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER has 1 sense:
1. a tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body
Familiarity information: POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
PET scanner; positron emission tomography scanner
Hypernyms ("positron emission tomography scanner" is a kind of...):
tomograph (X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements)
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