Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence
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Her older sister, Mary, with a bruised forehead, was given a CAT scan, officials said.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
In the emergency room, a CAT scan revealed that Blaya had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding in the brain.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2024
The benefits of the Vera Scan In the same way that a CAT scan of the chest is very different from a chest X-ray, this CT scan of the breast provides far more information and insight about what’s going on in the breast tissue compared to a traditional mammogram.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2024
After months of being told the hearing issues and migraines were the result of an ear infection, doctors sent her for a CAT scan.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
The doctors whisked him away for a CAT scan, and she was left alone with her thoughts in the hospital room.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 20 May 2024
Later, sitting inside a private room, Hatcher and I were waiting to hear the results of his CAT scan when his behavior started to get weirder.
—Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2021
Doctors reportedly detected in the musician's CAT scan a bleeding artery in one of his lungs.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
The track also brought a lot of diagnostic equipment online including an CAT scan, MRI and nuclear scan.
—C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
In the emergency room, a CAT scan revealed that Blaya had suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding in the brain.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2024
The benefits of the Vera Scan In the same way that a CAT scan of the chest is very different from a chest X-ray, this CT scan of the breast provides far more information and insight about what’s going on in the breast tissue compared to a traditional mammogram.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2024
After months of being told the hearing issues and migraines were the result of an ear infection, doctors sent her for a CAT scan.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
The doctors whisked him away for a CAT scan, and she was left alone with her thoughts in the hospital room.
—Laura Kwerel, NPR, 20 May 2024
Later, sitting inside a private room, Hatcher and I were waiting to hear the results of his CAT scan when his behavior started to get weirder.
—Tracy Ross, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2021
Doctors reportedly detected in the musician's CAT scan a bleeding artery in one of his lungs.
—Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
The track also brought a lot of diagnostic equipment online including an CAT scan, MRI and nuclear scan.
—C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
Dictionary Entries Near CAT scan
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“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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CAT scan
noun
: a three-dimensional image of a body part made by a computer from a series of cross-sectional images that are formed by exposure to radiation (as X-rays)
Etymology
CAT from computerized axial tomography
Medical Definition
CAT scan
noun
: ct scan
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