Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence
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After months of being told the hearing issues and migraines were the result of an ear infection, doctors sent her for a CAT scan.
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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
Later that evening, Thomas took Robinson to a hospital for a CAT scan.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
The puzzling intractability had triggered a soup-to-nuts workup: abdominal CAT scan, diagnostic testing for stool pathogens and a lab workup that measured everything but copper levels.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2020
Asha demanded a CAT scan.
—Juhi Varma, Chron, 26 Oct. 2020
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
Later that evening, Thomas took Robinson to a hospital for a CAT scan.
—Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
The puzzling intractability had triggered a soup-to-nuts workup: abdominal CAT scan, diagnostic testing for stool pathogens and a lab workup that measured everything but copper levels.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2020
Asha demanded a CAT scan.
—Juhi Varma, Chron, 26 Oct. 2020
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“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 2 Jun. 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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