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CAT scan

[kat skan] / ˈkæt ˌskæn /


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A hospital stay, CAT scan and MRI scan followed and Lowri was told to come in for the results.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

A CAT scan later revealed what doctors called an opacity in his left lung, and Mr. Augenstein couldn’t help but research what that lingo meant.

From Washington Times May 18, 2023

And I went to the hospital and I just stopped and I said, "Can you ask my doctor for a CAT scan?"

From Salon Feb. 5, 2023

“It’s like a CAT scan machine,” said Scott T. Johnson, TSA’s federal security director at Dulles.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2022

“Both your MRI and CAT scan showed nothing out of the ordinary,” it says, looking at the clipboard—and you don’t argue, because you don’t want to be shoved back into the cannon.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman



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