Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence
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Trump's government-wide hiring freeze threatened to wipe out hundreds of studies and clinical trials that are run through temporary VA appointments – scientific partnerships that have seeded landmark medical inventions like the pacemaker and the CAT scan.
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
And yesterday’s CAT scan showed no changes… which is good news too.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days has subsided and a Tuesday CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of the pulmonary inflammatory picture.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
In an evening update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pope underwent a follow-up CAT scan to assess his lung infection.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Her accident occurred on Christmas Eve and required emergency brain surgery after a CAT scan revealed brain bleed.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
She was supposed to have surgery on her foot, but a CAT scan revealed a severe brain injury.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Her older sister, Mary, with a bruised forehead, was given a CAT scan, officials said.
—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
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Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
And yesterday’s CAT scan showed no changes… which is good news too.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days has subsided and a Tuesday CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of the pulmonary inflammatory picture.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2025
In an evening update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pope underwent a follow-up CAT scan to assess his lung infection.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Her accident occurred on Christmas Eve and required emergency brain surgery after a CAT scan revealed brain bleed.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
She was supposed to have surgery on her foot, but a CAT scan revealed a severe brain injury.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Her older sister, Mary, with a bruised forehead, was given a CAT scan, officials said.
—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
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“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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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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