cat scan

1. 1.

   an image produced by scanning

   “he analyzed the brain scan”

   “you could see the tumor in the CAT scan”

   Synonymsscan

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Questions about cat scan

What does cat scan mean?

cat scan means "an image produced by scanning".

What is another word for cat scan?

Close synonyms include scan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cat scan a common word?

cat scan is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.