COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computerized axial tomography scanner mean? 

• COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER (noun)
  The noun COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER has 1 sense:

1. a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes

  Familiarity information: COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER used as a noun is very rare.

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• COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

CAT scanner; computerized axial tomography scanner

Hypernyms ("computerized axial tomography scanner" is a kind of...):

tomograph (X-ray machine in which a computer builds a detailed image of a particular plane through an object from multiple X-ray measurements)