HEADWORD
CAT scan n.
VERB/NOUN
acquire, arrange, be, be able to, be based on, become available, describe, do, feed, found on, have, indicate, see, show;
ADJECTIVE/ADVERB:
another, current, detailed, latest, new, special;
EXAMPLES:
for the “single surgery” method our dentist will order a special CAT scan of Helga’s jawbone; the computerized X‑ray, or CAT scan, takes numerous pictures of the head in cross‑section and feeds the images into a computer;
SYNONYMS
computerized X‑ray;
GERMAN
Computertomographie, CT, CAT Scan, schichtweises Röntgen mit Computerunterstützung;