CT scanner
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CT scanner
n.
A device that uses computed tomography to produce detailed pictures of internal bodily structures from x-ray images.
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CT scanner
n
(Medicine) computerized tomography scanner: an X-ray machine that can produce stereographic images. Former name: CAT scanner
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CAT′ scan`ner
(kæt)n.
a tomographic device employing narrow beams of x-rays in two planes at various angles to produce computerized cross-sectional images of the body, including soft tissue.
Also called CT scanner. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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