Noun
Initialism of computed tomography. A CT scan.
Usage- Countable
- especially
Verb
To perform a CT scan on.
Usage- Informal
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There's a certain something that emanates from a confused patient that this fellow doesn't have. I sure wish I had more 'terps. Well, we're not going to CT him right away. There are two other fellows before him. “Get a plain film of his head, Tim. […]”
Noun
a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
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