Examples of CAT scan in a Sentence
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Through a CAT scan, Roche built a virtual 3D model of Vonn’s damaged knee.
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Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
In essence, the difference between GDP and GO is the difference between an x-ray and a CAT scan.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Patients undergo a CAT scan to show bone placement, and then that scan is entered into a planning software that creates a 3D model of the shoulder.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
To my relief, a CAT scan showed no sign of bleeding in the brain; then came the bad news.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The Republican Jewish Coalition, meanwhile, viewed the poll as a credible CAT scan of what Democrats truly believe.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2025
The only one of its kind in Texas, visitors can catch a glimpse of animals being rehabilitated and even witness wildlife getting a CAT scan.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Finally, in September 2020, her pulmonologist recommended a CAT scan — which confirmed her nasal polyps.
—Joanne Fowler, People.com, 10 July 2025
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.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
In essence, the difference between GDP and GO is the difference between an x-ray and a CAT scan.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Patients undergo a CAT scan to show bone placement, and then that scan is entered into a planning software that creates a 3D model of the shoulder.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
To my relief, a CAT scan showed no sign of bleeding in the brain; then came the bad news.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
The Republican Jewish Coalition, meanwhile, viewed the poll as a credible CAT scan of what Democrats truly believe.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2025
The only one of its kind in Texas, visitors can catch a glimpse of animals being rehabilitated and even witness wildlife getting a CAT scan.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Finally, in September 2020, her pulmonologist recommended a CAT scan — which confirmed her nasal polyps.
—Joanne Fowler, People.com, 10 July 2025
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.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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“CAT scan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CAT%20scan. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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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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