CAT scan

/kæt skæn/

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Other forms: CAT scans

Definitions of CAT scan

noun
an image produced by scanning

“you could see the tumor in the CAT scan”

synonyms: scan

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

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