CAT scan

noun

ˈkat- How to pronounce CAT scan (audio)
: ct scan
CAT scanning noun

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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, 28 July 2026 The company in 1986 released the Pixar Image Computer, which gained some traction in the medical industry for its ability to render CAT scan data, among other uses. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 June 2026 Mizrahi saw him again months later, by which time a CAT scan showed the cancer had spread. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for CAT scan

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Etymology

computerized axial tomography

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of CAT scan was in 1975

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CAT scan

noun
ˈkat- How to pronounce CAT scan (audio)
: 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

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